Web based APIs have grown enormously popular in recent years. This is in response to a couple of key changes in the industry: firstly, the enormous growth of mobile apps which frequently talk to back ends over the web. Secondly, the rapidly emerging ‘Internet of Things’ which promises to bring connectivity to common devices we use in our everyday lives. In the rush to push these products to market, developers are often taking shortcuts on security and leaving online services vulnerable to attack. The risks are not as obvious as they may be in traditional browser based web apps, but they’re extremely prevalent and attackers know how to easily identify them. This course teaches you how to go on the offense and hack your own APIs before online attackers do.
Author Name: Troy Hunt
Author Description:
Troy Hunt is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP for Developer Security, an ASPInsider, and a full time Author for Pluralsight—a leader in online training for technology and creative professionals. Troy has been building software for browsers since the very early days of the web and possesses an exceptional ability to distill complex subjects into relatable explanations. This has led Troy to become an industry thought leader in the security space and produce more than twenty top-rated courses … more

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  30mins
• Discovering Device Communication With APIs
  37mins
• Leaky APIs and Hidden APIs
  41mins
• API Manipulation and Parameter Tampering
  32mins
• API Authentication and Authorization Vulnerabilities
  50mins
• Working With SSL Encrypted API Traffic
  54mins