Attacking and Exploiting Modern Web Applications

Master the art of web exploitation with real-world techniques on SAML, WordPress, IoT, ElectronJS, and Ethereum smart contracts

Key Features

• Learn how to detect vulnerabilities using source code, dynamic analysis, and decompiling binaries
• Find and exploit vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection, XSS, Command Injection, RCE, and Reentrancy
• Analyze real-world security incidents based on MITRE ATT&CK to understand the risk at the CISO level

Book Description

Web attacks and exploits pose an ongoing threat to the interconnected world. This comprehensive book explores the latest challenges in web application security, providing you with an in-depth understanding of hackers’ methods and the practical knowledge and skills needed to effectively understand web attacks.

The book starts by emphasizing the importance of mindset and toolset in conducting successful web attacks. You’ll then explore the methodologies and frameworks used in these attacks, and learn how to configure the environment using interception proxies, automate tasks with Bash and Python, and set up a research lab. As you advance through the book, you’ll discover how to attack the SAML authentication layer; attack front-facing web applications by learning WordPress and SQL injection, and exploit vulnerabilities in IoT devices, such as command injection, by going through three CTFs and learning about the discovery of seven CVEs. Each chapter analyzes confirmed cases of exploitation mapped with MITRE ATT&CK. You’ll also analyze attacks on Electron JavaScript-based applications, such as XSS and RCE, and the security challenges of auditing and exploiting Ethereum smart contracts written in Solidity. Finally, you’ll find out how to disclose vulnerabilities.

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