By the end of this project, you will learn the fundamentals of how to use OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP). This tool greatly aids security professionals and penetration testers to discover vulnerabilities within web applications. You will learn how to perform a basic web app vulnerability scan, analyze the results, and generate a report of those results. This course includes steps on how to configure the browser proxy to passively scan web requests and responses by simply exploring websites. This course will also include how to use dictionary lists to find files and folders on a web server, and how to spider crawl websites to find all the links and URLs. Finally, the end of the course gives a brief overview of how to intercept, view, modify, and forward web requests that occur between the browser and web application.
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Web Application Security Testing with OWASP ZAP
Instructor: Alex Carraway
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Scan websites for vulnerabilities
Setup and use OWASP ZAP Proxy
Use a dictionary list to find files and folders and spider crawl to find links and URLs
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In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:
Introduction and Overview of OWASP ZAP (2 min)
OWASP ZAP Layout and First Scan (4 min)
Analyzing the OWASP ZAP Scan Results and Generating a Report (4 min)
Setting up FoxyProxy in Firefox to use OWASP ZAP as a Proxy (7 min)
Finding Files and Folders Using a Dictionary List within OWASP ZAP (4 min)
Use OWASP ZAP to Spider Crawl a website to find URLs and Links (4 min)
Use OWASP to View and Alter Requests (8 min)
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Mid-level experience with web application security, and a fundamental knowledge of web application attack types and terminology is recommended.
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