Course 27 - Hacking Web Applications, Penetration Testing, CTF | Episode 13: Essential Web Application Penetration Testing and Scanning Tool

In this lesson, you’ll learn about:Web application penetration testing workflows, focusing on discovering hidden resources, identifying vulnerabilities, and validating security weaknesses in authorized testing environments.Content discovery tools, including:DirBuster for dictionary-based directory and file enumeration.Dirb (often referenced similarly in labs) for brute-forcing hidden paths.Vulnerability scanning utilities, such as:Nikto for detecting dangerous files, outdated services, and misconfigurations.WPScan for auditing WordPress installations, enumerating plugins, themes, and users.Exploitation and injection testing tools, including:sqlmap for automating the detection and validation of SQL injection vulnerabilities.Wfuzz for fuzzing parameters, brute-forcing inputs, and discovering unlinked resources.Reconnaissance and surface mapping tools, such as:Aquatone for generating visual attack surface maps via automated screenshots.CeWL for spidering websites to create targeted wordlists for testing.Practical lab application, reinforcing hands-on usage to understand how these tools complement each other during reconnaissance, enumeration, and vulnerability validation phases.You can listen and download our episodes for free on more than 10 different platforms:https://linktr.ee/cybercode_academy