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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition
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Web Penetration Testing with Kali Linux 2.0, Second Edition

by Juned Ahmed Ansari
November 2015
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
312 pages
7h 18m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 1. Introduction to Penetration Testing and Web Applications

CISO and CTO have been spending a huge amount of money on web applications and general IT security without getting the benefits, and they are living with a false sense of security. Although IT security has been a top priority for organizations, there have been some big security breaches in the last few years. The attack on the Target Corp, one of the biggest retailers in the US, exposed around 40 million debit and credit card details and the CEO and CIO were forced to step down. The attack on the Sony PlayStation network was a result of a SQL injection attack—one of the most common web application attacks—and the network was down for 24 days. This exposed personal information ...

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ISBN: 9781783988525