Hacking Web Applications & Penetration Testing: Web Hacking

👉 Course Overview:

• Title: Hacking Web Applications & Penetration Testing: Web Hacking

• Description: This course is designed to provide you with a comprehensive understanding of web application hacking. It covers the most critical vulnerabilities, such as SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting (XSS), and teaches you how to find and exploit them. Additionally, it delves into other important areas like authentication, authorization, session management, and Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF).

• Skill Outcomes:

  • Understand the reasons behind common web application vulnerabilities.
  • Learn methods to discover security weaknesses in web applications.
  • Exploit identified vulnerabilities ethically.
  • Implement measures to prevent these vulnerabilities from being exploited.

• Course Features:

  • Lifetime access to course materials.
  • Fast and friendly support in the Q&A section.
  • A Udemy Certificate of Completion that you can download after finishing the course.

• Target Audience: This course is ideal for cybersecurity enthusiasts, ethical hackers, penetration testers, security analysts, and anyone interested in learning about web application security from a practical standpoint.

• Key Topics Covered:

  • Input validation and parameter pollution
  • SQL Injection (SQLi) techniques and exploitation
  • Cross Site Scripting (XSS) identification and exploitation
  • Authentication, authorization, and session management flaws
  • Brute force attacks to discover usernames and passwords
  • Escalation of privilege using various methods
  • Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities and their exploitation
  • Defenses against the above vulnerabilities

• Important Note: The course content is intended for educational purposes only. The skills and techniques taught should be used responsibly, with proper authorization and within the boundaries of the law. Ethical hacking is about making systems more secure by finding weaknesses before malicious actors do.

By enrolling in this course, you will gain valuable knowledge that will help you understand how to protect web applications from attacks, as well as how to conduct penetration tests effectively. This course will equip you with the skills necessary to identify and fix security vulnerabilities, thereby making you a more proficient cybersecurity professional.