Web Application Vulnerabilities

• Author : Steven Palmer
• Publisher : Elsevier
• Release : 18 April 2011

In this book, we aim to describe how to make a computer bend to your will by finding and exploiting vulnerabilities specifically in Web applications. We will describe common security issues in Web applications, tell you how to find them, describe how to exploit them, and then tell you how to fix them. We will also cover how and why some hackers (the bad guys) will try to exploit these vulnerabilities to achieve their own end. We will also try

• Author : Richa Gupta
• Publisher : BPB Publications
• Release : 27 March 2021

Learn how to build an end-to-end Web application security testing framework KEY FEATURES ● Exciting coverage on vulnerabilities and security loopholes in modern web applications. ● Practical exercises and case scenarios on performing pentesting and identifying security breaches. ● Cutting-edge offerings on implementation of tools including nmap, burp suite and wireshark. DESCRIPTION Hands-on Penetration Testing for Web Applications offers readers with knowledge and skillset to identify, exploit and control the security vulnerabilities present in commercial web applications including online banking, mobile payments and

• Author : Bryan Sullivan,Vincent Liu
• Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
• Release : 06 December 2011

Security Smarts for the Self-Guided IT Professional “Get to know the hackers—or plan on getting hacked. Sullivan and Liu have created a savvy, essentials-based approach to web app security packed with immediately applicable tools for any information security practitioner sharpening his or her tools or just starting out.” —Ryan McGeehan, Security Manager, Facebook, Inc. Secure web applications from today's most devious hackers. Web Application Security: A Beginner's Guide helps you stock your security toolkit, prevent common hacks, and defend

• Author : Andrew Hoffman
• Publisher : O'Reilly Media
• Release : 02 March 2020

While many resources for network and IT security are available, detailed knowledge regarding modern web application security has been lacking—until now. This practical guide provides both offensive and defensive security concepts that software engineers can easily learn and apply. Andrew Hoffman, a senior security engineer at Salesforce, introduces three pillars of web application security: recon, offense, and defense. You’ll learn methods for effectively researching and analyzing modern web applications—including those you don’t have direct access to.

• Author : Shahriat Hossain,Kh Ashique Mahmud
• Publisher : GRIN Verlag
• Release : 11 June 2018

Academic Paper from the year 2018 in the subject Computer Science - IT-Security, grade: 10, , course: Master thesis, language: English, abstract: Modern web applications have higher user expectations and greater demands than ever before. The security of these applications is no longer optional; it has become an absolute necessity. Web applications contain vulnerabilities, which may lead to serious security flaws such as stealing of confidential information. To protect against security flaws, it is important to understand the detailed steps of attacks and

• Author : Ron Lepofsky
• Publisher : Apress
• Release : 26 December 2014

The Manager's Guide to Web Application Security is a concise, information-packed guide to application security risks every organization faces, written in plain language, with guidance on how to deal with those issues quickly and effectively. Often, security vulnerabilities are difficult to understand and quantify because they are the result of intricate programming deficiencies and highly technical issues. Author and noted industry expert Ron Lepofsky breaks down the technical barrier and identifies many real-world examples of security vulnerabilities commonly found by

• Author : Amrita Mitra
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 19 August 2019

This book explains different types of web application vulnerabilities, how these vulnerabilities make a web application less secure, and how each of these vulnerabilities can be prevented. This book may benefit readers who want to understand different web application vulnerabilities as well as help developers who want to secure their code.

• Author : Dafydd Stuttard,Marcus Pinto
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 31 August 2011

The highly successful security book returns with a new edition, completely updated Web applications are the front door to most organizations, exposing them to attacks that may disclose personal information, execute fraudulent transactions, or compromise ordinary users. This practical book has been completely updated and revised to discuss the latest step-by-step techniques for attacking and defending the range of ever-evolving web applications. You'll explore the various new technologies employed in web applications that have appeared since the first edition and

• Author : Mike Shema
• Publisher : Newnes
• Release : 29 August 2012

HTML5 -- HTML injection & cross-site scripting (XSS) -- Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) -- SQL injection & data store manipulation -- Breaking authentication schemes -- Abusing design deficiencies -- Leveraging platform weaknesses -- Browser & privacy attacks.

• Author : Ajinkya Wakhale
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release : 07 June 2023

In this era, with plethora of web applications and increasing amount of consumers using web applications for different purposes, it becomes very important to protect them from several web vulnerabilities present on the INTERNET. Web applications process large amount of data which they store it in a back-end database server where confidential data like username, password, credit-card information sits. Web applications usually interacts with customers and there is huge dependencies between customers and the server and this dependency introduces huge

• Author : Serge Borso
• Publisher : Artech House
• Release : 30 June 2019

This innovative new resource provides both professionals and aspiring professionals with clear guidance on how to identify and exploit common web application vulnerabilities. The book focuses on offensive security and how to attack web applications. It describes each of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) top ten vulnerabilities, including broken authentication, cross-site scripting and insecure deserialization, and details how to identify and exploit each weakness. Readers learn to bridge the gap between high-risk vulnerabilities and exploiting flaws to get

• Author : Somesh Jha,Anish Mathuria
• Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
• Release : 02 December 2010

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Systems Security, ICISS 2010, held in Gandhinagar, India, in December 2010. The 14 revised full papers presented together with 4 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 51 initial submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on integrity and verifiability, web and data security, access control and auditing, as well as system security.

• Author : Shahnawaz Alam
• Publisher : diplom.de
• Release : 01 April 2014

Web-Application have been widely accepted by the organization be it in private, public or government sector and form the main part of any e-commerce business on the internet. However with the widespread of web-application, the threats related to the web-application have also emerged. Web-application transmit substantial amount of critical data such as password or credit card information etc. and this data should be protected from an attacker. There has been huge number of attacks on the web-application such as ‘SQL

• Author : Joel Scambray,Vincent Liu,Caleb Sima
• Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
• Release : 22 October 2010

The latest Web app attacks and countermeasures from world-renowned practitioners Protect your Web applications from malicious attacks by mastering the weapons and thought processes of today's hacker. Written by recognized security practitioners and thought leaders, Hacking Exposed Web Applications, Third Edition is fully updated to cover new infiltration methods and countermeasures. Find out how to reinforce authentication and authorization, plug holes in Firefox and IE, reinforce against injection attacks, and secure Web 2.0 features. Integrating security into the Web development lifecycle (

• Author : Carlos A. Lozano,Dhruv Shah,Riyaz Ahemed Walikar
• Publisher : Packt Publishing Ltd
• Release : 28 February 2019

Test, fuzz, and break web applications and services using Burp Suite’s powerful capabilities Key FeaturesMaster the skills to perform various types of security tests on your web applicationsGet hands-on experience working with components like scanner, proxy, intruder and much moreDiscover the best-way to penetrate and test web applicationsBook Description Burp suite is a set of graphic tools focused towards penetration testing of web applications. Burp suite is widely used for web penetration testing by many security professionals for performing