Ethical Hacking: Web Application Penetration Testing for Beginners

Web applications are the primary target for modern cyber attacks, making web penetration testing one of the most critical skills in cybersecurity. This text-based course guides you from security novice to a confident ethical hacker capable of finding and documenting web vulnerabilities. What you'll learn: - Understand foundational web technologies, HTTP protocols, and how web servers interact with clients. - Identify and exploit common vulnerabilities, including SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and Broken Authentication. - Analyze modern API security risks and secure modern authentication flows like OAuth and JWT. - Practice mapping attack surfaces and performing reconnaissance on target web applications. - Learn to document security findings and recommend effective remediation strategies to developers. You will start with essential web concepts and terminology before exploring hands-on vulnerability analysis, step-by-step exploitation methods, and modern defensive practices. Designed specifically for beginners, this course requires no prior cybersecurity experience—just basic computer literacy and a curiosity about how the web works behind the scenes. Begin your journey into web application security today.