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Python Web Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from Python Web Penetration Testing Cookbook Over 60 indispensable Python recipes to ensure you always have the right code on hand for web application testing

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2015

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781784392932

Length 224 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Python

Concepts

Web Penetration Testing

Authors (4):

Cameron Buchanan

Terry Ip

Andrew Mabbitt

Benjamin May

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Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface

1. Gathering Open Source Intelligence FREE CHAPTER

2. Enumeration

3. Vulnerability Identification

4. SQL Injection

5. Web Header Manipulation

6. Image Analysis and Manipulation

7. Encryption and Encoding

8. Payloads and Shells

9. Reporting

Index

Chapter 5. Web Header Manipulation

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

Testing HTTP methods
Fingerprinting servers through HTTP headers
Testing for insecure headers
Brute forcing login through the Authorization header
Testing for clickjacking vulnerabilities
Identifying alternative sites by spoofing user agents
Testing for insecure cookie flags
Session fixation through a cookie injection

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Authors (4)

Cameron Buchanan

Cameron Buchanan

Cameron Buchanan is a penetration tester by trade and a writer in his spare time. He has performed penetration tests around the world for a variety of clients across many industries. Previously, Cameron was a member of the RAF. In his spare time, he enjoys doing stupid things, such as trying to make things fly, getting electrocuted, and dunking himself in freezing cold water. He is married and lives in London.

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Terry Ip

Terry Ip

Terry Ip is a security consultant. After nearly a decade of learning how to support IT infrastructure, he decided that it would be much more fun learning how to break it instead. He is married and lives in Buckinghamshire, where he tends to his chickens.

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Andrew Mabbitt

Andrew Mabbitt

Andrew Mabbitt is a penetration tester living in London, UK. He spends his time beating down networks, mentoring, and helping newbies break into the industry. In his free time, he loves to travel, break things, and master the art of sarcasm.

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Benjamin May

Benjamin May

Benjamin May is a security test engineer from Cambridge. He studied computing for business at Aston University. With a background in software testing, he recently combined this with his passion for security to create a new role in his current company. He has a broad interest in security across all aspects of the technology field, from reverse engineering embedded devices to hacking with Python and participating in CTFs. He is a husband and a father.

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