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This course features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Master advanced web application penetration testing by exploring SQL injection techniques, real-world attack scenarios, and modern web vulnerabilities in controlled lab environments. You'll develop practical skills to identify, analyze, and validate security weaknesses while gaining hands-on experience with industry-standard tools and intentionally vulnerable applications used by security professionals. The course begins with SQL injection fundamentals, where you'll learn to identify vulnerable inputs, validate SQL injection flaws, understand authentication bypass techniques, and explore GET-based attacks using UNION queries. You'll then progress to advanced SQL injection topics, including blind SQL injection, alternative testing methods, hexadecimal payloads, file operations, shell access concepts, and automated testing with SQLMap. Building on these techniques, you'll apply your knowledge within the OWASP Juice Shop environment by completing practical security challenges involving SQL injection, DOM-based XSS, XXE, authentication flaws, access control issues, request manipulation, cookie security, and business logic vulnerabilities. The course concludes with Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF), where you'll examine backend exploitation techniques and evaluate blacklist and whitelist filtering mechanisms in realistic scenarios. This course is intended for aspiring penetration testers, cybersecurity professionals, ethical hackers, and security researchers who have a foundational understanding of web application security and SQL concepts. Prior experience with Linux, HTTP, and introductory penetration testing is recommended. The course is designed at an Advanced difficulty level. By the end of the course, you will be able to assess SQL injection vulnerabilities, perform advanced web application penetration testing, use SQLMap and OWASP Juice Shop effectively, analyze complex security flaws such as SSRF and XXE, and conduct structured web security assessments within authorized testing environments.

Syllabus

SQL Injection Introduction
- In this module, we will introduce you to SQL, the foundational language for interacting with databases. You will learn key SQL operations, including inserting, updating, and filtering data, laying the groundwork for more advanced topics like SQL injection.
SQLi GET Request
- In this module, we will cover SQL Injection attacks and their impact on web applications. You'll explore how these vulnerabilities are exploited, including practical demonstrations of extracting data from databases and securing applications against such attacks.
SQLi Advanced
- In this module, we will walk you through key tools used in website penetration testing, focusing on Sqlmap and ZAP. You'll learn how to automate vulnerability detection and analyze scan results to pinpoint security flaws in web applications.
Juice Shop
- In this module, we will introduce you to the key ethical hacking certifications that help validate your cybersecurity skills. You'll gain insight into certifications like CEH and OSCP, understanding their importance and the benefits they offer to your career.
SSRF
- In this module, we will explore the concept of functions in Python, teaching you how to define and use functions effectively. You'll also dive into advanced topics like variable scope and recursion to enhance your programming skills.