CompTIA PenTest+: Cloud-Based & Web Application Attacks

Skillsoft issued completion badges are earned based on viewing the percentage required or receiving a passing score when assessment is required. Cloud-based and web application attacks are significant cybersecurity concerns in today's digital landscape. In this course, you’ll learn how to perform web application and cloud-based attacks using a range of tools. First, you'll explore common web application attacks including brute force, collision, dictionary traversal, session hijacking, file inclusions, API abuse, and JSON Web Token (JWT) manipulation attacks. Then, you'll discover common tools used to perform application testing exercises like Zed, Postman, and sqlmap. Finally, you’ll explore cloud-based attack types such as resource misconfiguration, public access to services, and container escape, while discovering the appropriate tools to perform cloud-based attacks such as Kube-hunter, ScoutSuite, and Prowler. This course is one of a collection that helps prepare learners for the CompTIA PenTest+ (PT0-003) certification exam.