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Web Application Ethical Hacking - Penetration Testing Course for Beginners

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Overview

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Dive into the world of web application penetration testing with this comprehensive 5-hour course designed for beginners. Master essential pentesting techniques, tools, and common attacks used by ethical hackers. Explore powerful tools such as Burp Suite, Nikto, Dirbuster, curl, sublist3r, and nmap. Follow along as the instructor guides you through five episodes covering enumeration, cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, broken access control, XML external entity (XXE) attacks, input validation, and more. Gain hands-on experience with live bug bounty hunting in the final episode. Originally live-streamed on Twitch, this course incorporates lessons learned from previous sessions, providing a dynamic and practical learning experience. Equip yourself with the skills needed to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in web applications, setting the foundation for a career in cybersecurity.

Syllabus

Introduction.
Episode 1 - Enumeration.
Episode 2 - Enumeration, XSS, and UI Bypassing.
Episode 3 - XSS, SQL Injection, and Broken Access Control.
Episode 4 - XXE, Input Validation, Broken Access Control, and More XSS.
Episode 5 - SQL Injections and Live Bug Bounty Hunting.

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Reviews

4.1 rating, based on 15 Class Central reviews

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  • A great walkthrough on basics of web app pentesting. A good learning course at the end. All the conceps with repsect to enumeration, finding vulnerabilities and how to exploit it has been covered properly.
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    Vijayalakshmi V
    It is beginner friendly and the course explination is clear, easy to understand of all concept and tools used for web app pentesting.
  • Rashmi Dharmawardhane
    This is very useful to me as a cybersecurity student.
    I received a great knowledge from this course. I learned lot of new things. I hope to use them in my future carrier and become successful.
  • Jithmi Arambawela
    I'd never taken an online course before and was nervous. It was simple to navigate and my instructor's feedback was so helpful. My proofreading is faster and more accurate. Great class.
  • Ismail Hassan
    The "Web Application Ethical Hacking - Penetration Testing Course for Beginners" is an excellent resource for those looking to enter the field of ethical hacking. The course provides a comprehensive introduction to penetration testing techniques, covering topics such as reconnaissance, vulnerability assessment, and exploit development. The instructor explains concepts clearly and provides hands-on exercises to reinforce learning. The course also emphasizes ethical considerations and responsible hacking practices. Overall, it's a highly recommended course for beginners seeking to develop their skills in web application security.
  • Nicolas Julian Kurnia Purwantoro
    Im learning so spesific about penetration testing. I will improve my skill coding on penetration testing. I really so excited because the metode is very basically to do this.
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    Shaibaz Dafedar
    One of the best course with good knowledge in detail... Highly recommended to all.
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    MK MUHAMATH
    The course platform provides a supportive community where learners can interact, ask questions, and share their experiences. The active community adds value to the learning experience, creating a collaborative environment.
  • Shripad Punde
    Good course and enough knowledge to doing bug bounty no improvement neend but trying to provide some deep knowledge about sql
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    Siva Vigneshwaran
    good the penetration testing course for beginners it is use full for the beginners eay to under stand the vedio
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    Samuel Tarus
    Great for a beginner to start from on web penetration.A good learning course at the end
  • Kraykray
    The course was ok, did not drag out excessively long like some of the other ones ive found has. Geez 100 characters for the review is asking a bit much lol. I am yet to see if and how you get some sort of certificate of completion or something along those lines. Im guessing it will be like all the others and say you get certs etc until you sign up and finish a course , then its all about where the money is at... I have to be at 100 by now... Surely
  • The Web Application Ethical Hacking - Penetration Testing Course for Beginners offered by freeCodeCamp is an excellent resource for individuals interested in learning about the basics of web application security and ethical hacking.
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    Khaled Samy
    This is very useful to me as a cybersecurity student.
    I received a great knowledge from this course. I learned lot of new things. I hope to use them in my future carrier and become successful.
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    Sohan Nath
    Great Introductory course for beginners getting into the cybersecurity world and trying to learn basic ethical hacking and pentesting.

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