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Web Application Security Testing with OWASP ZAP
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Web Application Security Testing with OWASP ZAP

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Alex Carraway

Instructor: Alex Carraway

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Intermediate level

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1.5 hours
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No downloads or installation required
Only available on desktop
Hands-on learning
4.2

(275 reviews)

What you'll learn

  • 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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Learn, practice, and apply job-ready skills with expert guidance

Intermediate level

Recommended experience

1.5 hours
Learn at your own pace
No downloads or installation required
Only available on desktop
Hands-on learning
4.2

(275 reviews)

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Learn step-by-step

In a video that plays in a split-screen with your work area, your instructor will walk you through these steps:

  1. Introduction and overview of what OWASP ZAP is and how it is important for web security professionals.

  2. Understand the layout of OWASP ZAP and scan a website for vulnerabilities.

  3. Analyze the OWASP ZAP vulnerability scan results and generate a vulnerability report from those results.

  4. Setup and configure FoxyProxy within the Firefox browser to use ZAP as a proxy.

  5. Find files and directories of a web server using a dictionary list within OWASP ZAP.

  6. Using OWASP ZAP to crawl and spider websites to find links and URLs.

  7. Using OWASP ZAP as a web proxy to intercept a valid request, modify it to make it invalid, and then send it to the web server to provoke unexpected behavior from it.

Recommended experience

Mid-level experience with web application security, and a fundamental knowledge of web application attack types and terminology is recommended.

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