Security Testing Tutorial

Cross-Site Request Forgery(CSRF)
A CSRF attack forces an authenticated user (victim) to send a forged HTTP request, including the victim's session cookie to a vulnerable web application, which allows the attacker to force the victim's browser to generate request such that the vulnerable app perceives as legitimate requests from the
Security Testing - Buffer Overflows
A buffer overflow arises when a program tries to store more data in a temporary data storage area (buffer) than it was intended to hold. Since buffers are created to contain a finite amount of data, the extra information can overflow into adjacent buffers, thus corrupting the valid data held in them
Security Testing - HTTP Protocol Basics
Understanding the protocol is very important to get a good grasp on security testing. You will be able to appreciate the importance of the protocol when we intercept the packet data between the webserver and the client.
Discuss Security Testing
Security Testing is performed to reveal security flaws in the system in order to protect data and maintain functionality.This tutorial explains the core concepts of Security Testing and related topics with simple and useful examples.
Security Testing - Useful Resources
The following resources contain additional information on Security Testing. Please use them to get more in-depth knowledge on this.
Security Testing - Quick Guide
Security testing is very important to keep the system protected from malicious activities on the web.

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