API Testing
This resource provides comprehensive training on API (Application Programming Interface) testing, focusing on identifying vulnerabilities that can compromise a website's security.
Key Features:
- API Recon: Techniques for discovering the API's attack surface.
- API Documentation Analysis: Methods for using both human-readable and machine-readable documentation (e.g., Swagger, OpenAPI) to understand API functionality.
- Endpoint Identification: Strategies for finding and interacting with API endpoints, including identifying supported HTTP methods and content types.
- Hidden Parameter Discovery: Using tools like Burp Intruder and Param Miner to uncover undocumented parameters and mass assignment vulnerabilities.
- Server-Side Parameter Pollution: Testing and preventing server-side parameter pollution vulnerabilities.
- OWASP API Security Top 10: Mapping of common web vulnerabilities to the OWASP API Security Top 10.
Use Cases:
- Security professionals looking to expand their knowledge of API security testing.
- Web developers seeking to understand and prevent API vulnerabilities in their applications.
- Bug bounty hunters targeting API-related security flaws.
- Organizations aiming to improve the security posture of their APIs.
