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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Preparation Guide: Lesson-Based Review of Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing
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Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Preparation Guide: Lesson-Based Review of Ethical Hacking and Penetration Testing

by Ahmed Sheikh
August 2021
Intermediate to advanced
217 pages
3h 9m
English
Apress
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A. SheikhCertified Ethical Hacker (CEH) Preparation Guidehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7258-9_10

10. Hacking Web Applications

Ahmed Sheikh1  
(1)
Miami, FL, USA
 

In this chapter, you will learn about hacking web application components and how to describe what occurs during a web application attack. You will also gain knowledge about effective countermeasures to help safeguard systems.

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to
  1. 1.

    Identify web application components.

     
  2. 2.

    Describe web application attacks.

     
  3. 3.

    Identify countermeasures.

     

Web Application Attacks

Web application attacks have a process, and each step is outlined below. The result of these steps may ...
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