How To Hunt for Web App Vulnerabilities Hands-on!
I’ve said it again and again, and I think most members of the technical community would agree that the fastest, most effective, most fun way…
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What are SQL Injections (SQLi)? Introduction to powerful techniques
We’ve talked about what SQL is, but now, let’s talk about one of the most common and dangerous web-based attacks: SQL injections (aka SQLi). In…
A quick SQL primer for SQL injections
While there are many other tutorials and resources out there that cover SQL, I wrote this blog post to give you a quick SQL primer…
Build Your Technical Skills with Free Hands-on Learning Activities!
These resources are for high school computer science teachers, university faculty, or ANYONE working in, studying, or curious about software engineering. I was “out and…
Blind SQL Injections with SQLMap against the DVWA
As part of our Injection Attacks: The Free 2020 Guide course, we reviewed concepts of SQL injections, including what blind injections are. Then, we practiced…
Set up the OWASP Juice Shop on Kali with Docker [Quickest Method]
Installing the OWASP Juice Shop on Kali with Docker is super fast because you don’t have to install anything but Docker. It also makes cleaning…
Install Kali on VirtualBox: The quickest way
Kali Linux is a free distribution that’s often used for digital forensics and penetration testing, and VirtualBox is a free hosted hypervisor for virtualization. The…
Install and Use Burp Suite in Minutes for Pentesting
In this tutorial, we will be going over the basic installation and setup of Burp Suite. You can find this tool for download here. There…
How to set up the DVWA on Kali with Docker
Let’s walk through how to set up the Damn Vulnerable Web Application (DVWA) on Kali with Docker so that you can test your skills and…
How to get started with Application Security
If you’re anything like me when I first got started in the world of cybersecurity, you’re overwhelmed with where to start. There are so many…