Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook: Hacking tactics, techniques, and procedures for testing web applications and APIs

Dive into security testing and web app scanning with ZAP, a powerful OWASP security tool

Purchase of the print or Kindle book includes a free PDF eBook

Key Features

• Master ZAP to protect your systems from different cyber attacks
• Learn cybersecurity best practices using this step-by-step guide packed with practical examples
• Implement advanced testing techniques, such as XXE attacks and Java deserialization, on web applications

Book Description

Maintaining your cybersecurity posture in the ever-changing, fast-paced security landscape requires constant attention and advancements. This book will help you safeguard your organization using the free and open source OWASP Zed Attack Proxy (ZAP) tool, which allows you to test for vulnerabilities and exploits with the same functionality as a licensed tool.

Zed Attack Proxy Cookbook contains a vast array of practical recipes to help you set up, configure, and use ZAP to protect your vital systems from various adversaries. If you're interested in cybersecurity or working as a cybersecurity professional, this book will help you master ZAP.

You'll start with an overview of ZAP and understand how to set up a basic lab environment for hands-on activities over the course of the book. As you progress, you'll go through a myriad of step-by-step recipes detailing various types of exploits and vulnerabilities in web applications, along with advanced techniques such as Java deserialization.

By the end of this ZAP book, you'll be able to install and deploy ZAP, conduct basic to advanced web application penetration attacks, use the tool for API testing, deploy an integrated BOAST server, and build ZAP into a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipeline.

What you will learn

• Install ZAP on different operating systems or environments
• Explore how to crawl, passively scan, and actively scan web apps
• Discover authentication and authorization exploits
• Conduct client-side testing by examining business logic flaws
• Use the BOAST server to conduct out-of-band attacks
• Understand the integration of ZAP into the final stages of a CI/CD pipeline

Who this book is for

This book is for cybersecurity professionals, ethical hackers, application security engineers, DevSecOps engineers, students interested in web security, cybersecurity enthusiasts, and anyone from the open source cybersecurity community looking to gain expertise in ZAP. Familiarity with basic cybersecurity concepts will be helpful to get the most out of this book.

Table of Contents

1. Getting Started with OWASP Zed Attack Proxy
2. Navigating the UI
3. Configuring, Crawling, Scanning, and Reporting
4. Authentication and Authorization Testing
5. Testing of Session Management
6. Validating (Data) Inputs - Part 1
7. Validating (Data) Inputs - Part 2
8. Business Logic Testing
9. Client-Side Testing
10. Advanced Attack Techniques
11. Advanced Adventures with ZAP

Ryan Soper is a lead penetration tester, senior application security engineer, and veteran of the US Coast Guard. His experience includes penetration testing, application security, and IT consulting, among more, throughout his career. He’s an active member and organizer of the DefCon813 chapter, a member of the OWASP Tampa chapter, and enjoys connecting with others throughout the community at conferences or other various networking events. He can be contacted on Twitter at soapszzz.

Ryan is an ambassador for the Innocent Lives Foundation (ILF), a group of hackers that work with law enforcement to protect children from online predators. Your support will help the team to continue their important work. I urge you to consider making a donation to the ILF.

Nestor N Torres is a senior application security engineer and web application penetration tester. His experience includes application security, IT consulting, penetration testing, and mobile penetration testing. He is an active member and organizer of the DefCon813 chapter and OWASP Tampa chapter, who enjoys helping new colleagues interested in joining the cyber security field. You can find him at his local BSides in Orlando and Tampa and other conferences such as Defcon and OWASP events.

He can be contacted on Twitter at n3stortorres.

Ahmed Almoailu is a cyber security engineer with years of experience in vulnerability management, risk management, network security, cloud security, and endpoint security. He has a Master of Science in Cybersecurity and a Bachelor of Science in computer information systems from Saint Leo University and is currently working in healthcare. He is a member of the DefCon813 chapter and participates in security events in the community. Ahmed holds CASP+, Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), eJPT, and AWS Cloud Practitioner certifications.