Learn why shadow APIs sometimes provide a defenseless path for threat actors, and learn what YOU can do about it.
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Let's explore the latest book by Packt Publishing on "Pentesting APIs" and see if it's worth putting on an API hacker's bookshelf.
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Learn how to use upstream residential and mobile proxies in Burp Suite to evade IP blocking during your API security testing.
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Learn how to cross-reference Known Exploit Vulnerabilities (KEV) against CWE to find the best attack vectors to use during security testing.
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Learn how to write exploits that take advantage of blind command injection vulnerabilities using a time-delayed boolean oracle attack.
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Learn how to use JSON injection to manipulate API payloads to control the flow of data and business logic within an API.
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Learn five tips that will help improve the API exploits you submit into security triage as part of your vulnerability research.
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Learn how to improve your API discovery with a custom Burp Suite extension dedicated to automatically finding API document artifacts for you.
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Learn how to use MITRE's Common Weakness Enumerations (CWE) entries to level up your vulnerability reports.
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Learn how to set up your hacking environment to attack mobile apps & APIs running on modern versions of Android with Burp Suite.
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Learn why the X-Bug-Bounty custom HTTP header can be helpful during your bug bounty engagements with a target.
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Gain a competitive edge over other security researchers by detecting changes to APIs before others even know about them by using oasdiff.
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Let's look at Tracfone's $16 million settlement with the FCC to understand why API security testing matters.
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Learn how to map MITRE CAPEC attack patterns to STRIDE threat model categories and improve your approach to security testing.
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Learn how to conduct covert data exfiltration within JSON payloads of an API response.
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Learn how to fuzz JSON to find security vulnerabilities in the APIs you are hacking with the help of a custom wordlist and Param Miner.
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Learn how to use Param Miner to find hidden parameters that may help manipulate an API in unintended ways, revealing potential security flaws.
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Learn how to weaponize API discovery metadata to improve your recon of the APIs you are hacking or conducting security testing on.
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Learn why HTTPie is a great replacement for curl and how to use it when conducting your own API security testing.
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Learn how to improve your application security code reviews with the help of tools like graudit.
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