Hands-On Bug Hunting for Penetration Testers: A practical guide to help ethical hackers discover web application security flaws

by Joseph Marshall

Detailed walkthroughs of how to discover, test, and document common web application vulnerabilities. Bug bounties have quickly become a critical part of the security economy. This book shows you how technical professionals with an interest in security can begin productively―and profitably―participating in bug bounty programs. You will learn about SQli, NoSQLi, XSS, XXE, and other forms of code injection. You'll see how to create CSRF PoC HTML snippets, how to discover hidden content (and what to do with it once it's found), and how to create the tools for automated pentesting workflows. Then, you'll format all of this information within the context of a bug report that will have the greatest chance of earning you cash. With detailed walkthroughs that cover discovering, testing, and reporting vulnerabilities, this book is ideal for aspiring security professionals. You should come away from this work with the skills you need to not only find the bugs you're looking for, but also the best bug bounty programs to participate in, and how to grow your skills moving forward in freelance security research. This book is written for developers, hobbyists, pentesters, and anyone with an interest (and a little experience) in web application security.

250 pages, Paperback

Published September 12, 2018

Reviews

[Ajam · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5★
A bit dated, but way better than the overrated The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Discovering and Exploiting Security Flaws, but is geared towards more seasoned professionals rather than absolute beginners.

[F · Rating 3 out of 5]

good overall .. i give it 3 star for writing the scripts by python to automate the process.