The Web Application Hackers Handbook

Posted on 02 October 2018 by Dafydd Stuttard

This book is a practical guide to discovering and exploiting security flaws in web applications The authors explain each category of vulnerability using real world examples, screen shots and code extracts The book is extremely practical in focus, and describes in detail the steps involved in detecting and exploiting each kind of security weakness found within a variety of applications such as online banking, e commerce and other web applications The topics covered include bypassing login mechanisms, injecting code, exploiting logic flaws and compromising other users Because every web application is different, attacking them entails bringing to bear various general principles, techniques and experience in an imaginative way The most successful hackers go beyond this, and find ways to automate their bespoke attacks This handbook describes a proven methodology that combines the virtues of human intelligence and computerized brute force, often with devastating results.The authors are professional penetration testers who have been involved in web application security for nearly a decade They have presented training courses at the Black Hat security conferences throughout the world Under the alias PortSwigger, Dafydd developed the popular Burp Suite of web application hack tools. Read The Web Application Hackers Handbook By Dafydd Stuttard – kino-fada.fr If you have the basic understanding of security and you want to be a web pen tester hacker This is the book you want to read Technical just like the way I like books Explains many methods you couldn t possible imagine before Step by Step explanation New ideas and exploitation methods Labs cost 7 Hr Not much practice however you can find many free practice labs e.g pentesterlab.com Focuses on Burp Proxy only there are many other tools a bit outdated many of v If you have the basic understanding of security and you want to be a web pen tester hacker This is the book you want to read Technical just like the way I like books Explains many methods you couldn t possible imagine before Step by Step explanation New ideas and exploitation methods Labs cost 7 Hr Not much practice however y...Loved the book Maybe overdetailed in some parts, but it covers really lots and lots of things explained in a very good way a must read for web application developersThis is a necessary read for anyone looking to get a better idea of web application security, particularly those who haven t had a background in the security field at all It s a long read, and not one that I think people can sit down to and push through quickly I got through this while reading a few others at the same time.It s fairly well edited with just a few simple mistakes The exercises are interesting, though they feel a little laborious by the end.I enjoyed reading it and would recomme This is a necessary read for anyone looking to get a better idea of web application security, particularly those who haven t had a background in the security field at all It s a long read, and not one that I think people can sit down to and push through quickly I got through this while reading a few others at the same time.It s fairly well edited with just a few simple mistakes The exercises are interesting, though they feel a little laborious by the end.I enjoyed reading it and w...Really good book, I learned a ton and it s great for creativity as well.I remember waking up everyday for 2 3 weeks and reading this for 1 hour straight at 5 30 6am, just to finish the toughest thing first thing in the day haha Very hard to read, looking back I have no idea how I did itPretty much the definitive guide to testing and defending web apps Anyone looking to enter the field can t do much better than reading this book cover to cover.This is the best web security book period Absolutely awesome, easy to read and filled with practical tips and tricks with no bullshit Highly recommended.Well this was a really long journey This book has a massive number of pages, about 900 It took me a month to read all the contents here and the conclusion is, this is just the begining The technics used to hack into web applications, and in ageneral perspective, computer systems are many, further the can and should be combined to optimize the effectiveness of your attack This book introduces you into the world of hacking in a web application perspective You should be advised that Well this was a really long journey This book has a massive number of pages, about 900 It took me a month to read all the contents here and the conclusion is, this is just the begining The technics used to hack into web applications, and in ageneral perspective, computer systems are many, further the can and sh...The content is good Though is too lengthy and fuzzy I would suggest to start reading with the last chapter to get an overall idea what will be in the book I gave it three stars because I think the book could be ...Finished the book long time ago , but had to return to it again these dayswell , i consider it as the web app pentesting bible xDtotally worth 5 stars , but took off one because it depend a lot on the paid online labs which cant be afford for long timewaiting for the 3rd editionStill reading it, but helps to sharpen the swords and buff the armor

English
02 October 2018

Dafydd Stuttard