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Dale Meredith
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Dale Meredith

Dale Meredith is an EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker/Instructor and a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Dale has over 10 years of senior IT management experience and was a CTO for an ISP. Dale's skill as an IT trainer lies in clarifying complicated concepts and ensuring students understand the theories. Dale's teaching style is memorable and entertaining. His expertise has led to many opportunities, including teaching teams in Fortune 500 firms, universities globally, the Department of Homeland Security, and many US military branches. Along with authoring video courses, consulting, and classroom training, you can catch Dale on stage speaking at IT conferences around the world, helping teams keep their companies safe, relevant, and breach- aware.
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The vulnerabilities of web APIs, web shells, and webhooks

It is important to understand and be familiar with the vulnerabilities of web APIs, web shells, and webhooks. Recognizing best practices will help you provide greater security.

Web APIs

One of the most important parts of a website is its web application programming interface (API). The API takes data from a server and makes it compatible with another server. This way, other programs can read the information that would otherwise be difficult to access. With the help of an API, computer applications can perform actions on websites, such as posting comments. However, the API must be secure and not vulnerable to security concerns such as XSS.

Some of the most popular APIs are as follows:

  • SOAP API: This is a standard that's used by Microsoft and uses the Web Services Description Language (WSDL). WSDL is an XML language that contains information about how to communicate with a web server.
  • REST API: REST stands...
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Dale Meredith is an EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker/Instructor and a Microsoft Certified Trainer. Dale has over 10 years of senior IT management experience and was a CTO for an ISP. Dale's skill as an IT trainer lies in clarifying complicated concepts and ensuring students understand the theories. Dale's teaching style is memorable and entertaining. His expertise has led to many opportunities, including teaching teams in Fortune 500 firms, universities globally, the Department of Homeland Security, and many US military branches. Along with authoring video courses, consulting, and classroom training, you can catch Dale on stage speaking at IT conferences around the world, helping teams keep their companies safe, relevant, and breach- aware.
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