Hackazon: Stop Hacking Like It's 1999

Explore a conference talk from OWASP AppSec California 2015 that introduces Hackazon, a modern vulnerable web application designed to replace outdated test apps. Learn about the challenges of testing contemporary web applications with AJAX interfaces, strict workflows, and RESTful APIs. Discover how Hackazon simulates real-world scenarios, requiring testers to handle classic web security issues alongside modern formats like JSON, XML, GwT, and AMF. Gain insights into the configurable vulnerability landscape and understand why traditional application security scanners may struggle with this new testing environment. Join Dan Kuykendall as he demonstrates Hackazon and discusses techniques for finding vulnerabilities across different interfaces and formats in this open-source project intended for OWASP contribution.