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Course Overview

In this course, you will learn a very important way of hacking and building APIs with practical labs and examples. You will get a feel for these issues sooner than you can say "API".

With the rise of software and web applications, we need to make sure to protect them as carefully as possible. This guide will be your handbook in your journey for testers, managers, and software developers. We will bring you from a beginner to an advanced level in no time and with our practical examples, you will even learn how to use and install an API firewall.

 By the end, you will be able to build and break an API in record time including the API top 10.

What You Will Learn

  • Learn how to build your own API to hack.
  • Learn how to protect an API with a firewall.
  • Explore the OWASP API top 10 vulnerabilities.
  • Discover API hacking with postman.

Program Curriculum

  • API Top 10 - 0 Through 3
  • OWASP API TOP 10 - 4 to 7
  • API8-2019 Injection
  • AP19-2019 Improper Asset Management
  • OWASP API Top 10 - 10 Insufficient Logging and Monitoring
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • A1 - Broken Level Authorization
  • A2 - Broken Authentication
  • A3 - Excessive Information Disclosure
  • A4 - Lack of Rate Limiting
  • A5 - Broken Function Level Authorisation
  • A6 - Mass Assignment
  • A7 - Security Misconfiguration
  • A8 - Injections
  • A9 - Improper Asset Management
  • A10 - Insufficient Logging and Monitoring
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Let's Build an API to Hack - Part 6: Emulating SQLi and Showing Possible SSTI
  • Building an API Part 7: API Broken Access Control Through Replacing HTTP Method
  • REST-API-GOAT: Chain Postman Burp Suite
  • Hacking an API with Postman - Theory
  • Postman API Hacking - Tiredful API
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Video: API Firewall
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • API Hacking with Postman Part 1 - Getting the Basics Down
  • API Hacking with Postman Part 2 - Importing the API Description
  • API Hacking with Postman Part 3 - Pre-request Scripts, Tests and Console
  • API Hacking with Postman Part 4 - Getting Dirty with Data Sources
  • Chapter 5 Quiz
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Instructor

Wesley Thijs

He is the XSS Rat, an experienced ethical hacker who stands for quality and who believes knowledge is a building block we can all use to grow bigger than we ever were. As a software test he has a unique skill set that center around logic flaws and IDORs which is not seen very much by other hunters. This gives him the advantage of finding less duplicates and maximizing his chance of finding a vulnerability by picking the correct target and applying the correct test strategy.

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