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Specialized Testing: CSRF

This course will teach you how to test for Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF), a common attack against web applications.

Advanced
48m
(7)

Created by Christian Wenz

Last Updated Nov 30, 2022

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Specialized Testing: CSRF

This course will teach you how to test for Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF), a common attack against web applications.

Advanced
48m
(7)

Created by Christian Wenz

Last Updated Nov 30, 2022

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What you'll learn

Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF) is a common attack against web applications. In this course, Specialized Testing: CSRF, you’ll learn to audit an application for CSRF. First, you’ll explore the mechanics of CSRF. Next, you’ll discover different ways to find and exploit CSRF. Finally, you’ll learn how to detect and potentially circumvent CSRF countermeasures. When you’re finished with this course, you’ll have the skills and knowledge of testing for CSRF needed to audit an application for this kind of vulnerability..

Specialized Testing: CSRF
Advanced
48m
(7)
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Christian Wenz - Pluralsight course - Specialized Testing: CSRF
Christian Wenz
25 courses 4.4 author rating 1146 ratings

Christian Wenz is an author, consultant and trainer focusing on web technologies. He wrote or co-wrote over 100 books, is a fixture at international developer conferences since 2001, is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for ASP.NET, an ASPInsiders member, and main author of the Zend PHP 5.5 certification.

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