Web Security

🛡️ Secure Web Application Development & Hardening Lab 1️⃣ Introduction Securing web applications requires both secure coding practices and proper server hardening. In this lab, you’ll implement security best practices to protect against common attacks such as SQL Injection, XSS, authentication bypass, and insecure configurations. 📌 What You Will Learn ✅ Secure coding to prevent SQL Injection, XSS, CSRF, and IDOR ✅ Implementing strong authentication & session security ✅ Web server hardening & security configurations ✅ Using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) for protection ✅ Best practices for secure deployment & monitoring ...

🔥 Web Application Security & Exploitation Lab 1️⃣ Setting Up the Lab Install the Necessary Tools Burp Suite Community Edition → Download here OWASP ZAP → Download here SQLMap (Command-line tool, install via pip): pip install sqlmap Vulnerable Web Application (Choose One) DVWA (Damn Vulnerable Web App) → Install on a local VM (Apache + PHP). OWASP Juice Shop → Easy setup using Docker: docker run -d -p 3000:3000 bkimminich/juice-shop 2️⃣ SQL Injection Attack SQL Injection (SQLi) allows attackers to extract data from a database. ...