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Web Attacks: Automated Scanning with OWASP Zap

In this lab, you'll practice automated scanning strategies using OWASP ZAP. When you're finished with this lab, you'll have the necessary knowledge to scan web applications for vulnerabilities using OWASP ZAP.

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(412 reviews)
Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 55m
Published
Clock icon Jan 23, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Spidering a Web Application

    In this challenge, you will familiarize yourself with OWASP ZAP GUI, and you will run a spider scan against a target application.

  3. Challenge

    Fuzzing a Web Application

    In this challenge, you will launch a Fuzz attack to brute force the username/password combination for the target website.

  4. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

Laurentiu is working in fintech as a software developer engineer in test, with a strong emphasis on pentesting.

What's a lab?

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Provided environment for hands-on practice

We will provide the credentials and environment necessary for you to practice right within your browser.

Guided walkthrough

Follow along with the author’s guided walkthrough and build something new in your provided environment!

Did you know?

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