Advanced Web Hacking
This is our 5-day Advanced-level web application security testing course.
Much like our popular Advanced Infrastructure Hacking class, this class talks about a wealth of hacking techniques to compromise web applications, APIs, cloud components and other associated end-points. This class focuses on specific areas of appsec and on advanced vulnerability identification and exploitation techniques (especially server side flaws). The class allows attendees to practice some neat, new and ridiculous hacks which affected real life products and have found a mention in real bug-bounty programs. The vulnerabilities selected for the class either typically go undetected by modern scanners or the exploitation techniques are not so well known.
Note: Attendees will also benefit from a state-of-art Hacklab and we will be providing free 30 days lab access after the class to allow attendees more practice time.
2023 Edition
Fast track available
5 day practical class
Available by Partners
Live, online available
Hack-Lab for 30 days
Advanced
Course Overview
Advanced Web Hacking course talks about a wealth of hacking techniques to compromise web applications, APIs and associated end-points. This course focuses on specific areas of app-sec and on advanced vulnerability identification and exploitation techniques (especially server side flaws). This hands-on course covers neat, new and ridiculous hacks which affected real life products and have found a mention in real bug-bounty programs. In this course vulnerabilities selected are ones that typically go undetected by modern scanners or the exploitation techniques are not so well known.
Interested?
1. Our courses are available directly from us; through our training partners or at worldwide technical conferences.
2. You can find course dates and prices on the Courses and Webinars page.
3. Take a look below at a few of the upcoming courses for this specific training.
4. For more information including private course requests, complete the short form below.
Courses and webinars
Booking enquiries
Select the course from the Courses and Webinars Page.
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For private course delivery enquiries or other information, please use the form alongside.
The course is also available from our partners listed below.
For security and IT decision makers
What’s the real impact of training your team through NotSoSecure?
Harden your perimeter, lower the risk of compromise, and make your organisation a less attractive target for attackers by building a team that can identify, test, and guide developers to secure web-based vulnerabilities. Trained delegates can:
- Perform security testing to identify and safely exploit complex web vulnerabilities that get missed by scanners and other automated tools – this can help you detect vulnerabilities and recommend patching accordingly.
- Design this testing around real-world attacker behaviour and tooling, making it relevant to the threats facing your organisation.
- Customise offensive tooling to generate tailored (rather than “out of the box”) payloads that lead to more advanced testing.
- Recommend measures to circumvent any conditions that could lead to the emergence of vulnerabilities.
- Understand the business impact of web vulnerabilities and articulate this to key stakeholders.
- Take on greater responsibility in the team and become an advocate of security in the wider business.
Course Details
You will be able to:
- Effectively exfiltrate data using Out of Band Techniques for certain vulnerabilities
- Pen Test encrypted parameters to find vulnerabilities
- Learn how to bypass SSO functionalities
- Find SQL injection vulnerabilities not detected by Automated tools
- Break weak crypto implementations
- Learn ways to bypass password reset functionalities
You will receive:
Access to a hacking lab not just during the course but for 30 days after the class too. This gives them plenty of time to practice the concepts taught in the class. Numerous scripts and tools will also be provided during the training, along with student handouts.
Our courses also come with detailed answer sheets. That is a step by step walkthrough of how every exercise within the class needs to be solved. These answer sheets are also provided to students at the end of the class.
What you can take away from the course:
- The latest hacks in the world of web hacking. The class content has been carefully handpicked to focus on some neat, new and ridiculous attacks.
- We provide a custom kali image for this class. The custom kali image has been loaded with a number of plugins and tools (some public and some NotSoPublic) and these aid in quickly identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities discussed during the class.
- The class is taught by a real Pen Tester and the real-world stories shared during the class help attendees in putting things into perspective.
Details of the course content:
INTRODUCTION
- Lab Setup And Architecture Overview
- Introduction To Burp Features
ATTACKING AUTHENTICATION AND SSO
- Token Hijacking attacks
- Logical Bypass / Boundary Conditions
- Bypassing 2 Factor Authentication
- Authentication Bypass using Subdomain Takeover
- JWT/JWS Token attacks
- SAML Authorization Bypass
- OAuth Issues
PASSWORD RESET ATTACKS
- Session Poisoning
- Host Header Validation Bypass
- Case study of popular password reset fails
BUSINESS LOGIC FLAWS / AUTHORIZATION FLAWS
- Mass Assignment
- Invite/Promo Code Bypass
- Replay Attack
- API Authorisation Bypass
- HTTP Parameter Pollution (HPP)
XML EXTERNAL ENTITY (XXE) ATTACK
- XXE Basics
- Advanced XXE Exploitation over OOB channels
- XXE through SAML
- XXE in File Parsing
BREAKING CRYPTO
- Known Plaintext Attack (Faulty Password Reset)
- Padding Oracle Attack
- Hash length extension attacks
- Auth bypass using .NET Machine Key
- Exploiting padding oracles with fixed IVs
REMOTE CODE EXECUTION (RCE)
- Java Serialisation Attack
- Binary
- XML
- SerialVersionUID Mismatch
- .Net Serialisation Attack
- PHP Serialization Attack
- Python serialization attack
- Server Side Template Injection
- Exploiting code injection over OOB channel
SQL INJECTION MASTERCLASS
- 2nd order injection
- Out-of-Band exploitation
- SQLi through crypto
- OS code exec via powershell
- Advanced topics in SQli
- Advanced SQLMap Usage and WAF bypass
- Pentesting GraphQL
- Introspection based attacks on GraphQL
TRICKY FILE UPLOAD
- Malicious File Extensions
- Circumventing File validation checks
- Exploiting hardened web servers
- SQL injection via File Metadata
SERVER SIDE REQUEST FORGERY (SSRF)
- SSRF to query internal network
- SSRF to exploit templates and extensions
- SSRF filter bypass techniques
- Various Case studies
ATTACKING THE CLOUD
- SSRF Exploitation
- Serverless exploitation
- Google Dorking in the Cloud Era
- Cognito misconfiguration to data exfiltration
- Post Exploitation techniques on Cloud-hosted applications
- Various Case Studies
ATTACKING HARDENED CMS
- Identifying and attacking various CMS
- Attacking Hardened WordPress, Joomla and Sharepoint
WEB CACHING ATTACKS
MISCELLANEOUS VULNERABILITIES
- Unicode Normalization attacks
- Second order IDOR attack
- Exploiting misconfigured code control systems
- HTTP Desync attack
ATTACK CHAINING N TIER VULNERABILITY CHAINING LEADING TO RCE
VARIOUS CASE STUDIES
- A Collection of weird and wonderful XSS and CSRF attacks
Prerequisites
Who Should Take This Class?
- Web developers
- SOC analysts
- Intermediate level penetration testers
- DevOps engineers, network engineers
- Security architects
- Security enthusiasts
- Anyone who wants to take their skills to the next level
You will need:
Students must bring their own laptop and have admin/root access on it. The laptop must have a virtualization software (virtualbox / VMWare) pre installed. A customized version of Kali Linux (ova format) containing custom tools, scripts and VPN scripts for the class will be provided to the students. The laptop should have at least 4 GB RAM and 20 GB of free disk space dedicatedly for the VM.
Users are also encouraged to familiarize themselves with Burp Suite https://portswigger.net/burp/communitydownload to gain maximum out of the class.
It is recommended that you complete one of the following courses before taking this course:
The Art of Hacking
Web hacking training
Course Information
You can download a copy of the course information below.
In addition you will also be provided with a student pack, handouts and cheat-sheets if appropriate.
Your Training Roadmap
Offensive Classes
Hacking training for all levels: new to advanced. Ideal for those preparing for certifications such as CREST CCT (ICE), CREST CCT (ACE), CHECK (CTL), TIGER SST as well as infrastructure / web application penetration testers wishing to add to their existing skill set.
Defensive Classes
Giving you the skills needed to get ahead and secure your business by design. We specialise in application security (both secure coding and building security testing into your software development lifecycle) and cloud security. Build security capability into your teams enabling you to move fast and stay secure.
Testimonials
Very impressed with the lab environment. Course is packed with Information and exciting challenges. Excellent Content and in-depth presentation. Loved the practice timing and walk-through. The extended lab access is helpful to practice after the class."
Delegate, Black Hat USA
This course was exactly as described. It delivered good, solid information on the current state of infrastructure hacking at the rapid pace promised. This was a great way to get back into this area after years away from it."
Delegate, Black Hat USA
Very excellent course, highly recommend even for those new to Pen Testing! Great work & Effort."
Delegate, Black Hat USA
Compressing 4 days of material is very hard to do. I have to say that this class did it well. My brain hurts, not because the class was bad but because it was very, very good. The instructor was well versed in the subject and the assistance was effective. I really appreciate the "recap" after every section. Top notch. The course was exactly as described."
Delegate, Black Hat USA
It provided me with the latest Information Security research & development."
Delegate, Black Hat USA
Took this course as the 4-day was full, and was prepared for a fast-paced nightmare! On the contrary this course was well planned for the timescales. Happy with the solution."
Delegate, Black Hat USA