Thinking like a hacker

Security testing requires a systematic approach to review an application with a comprehensive set of security-testing cases. We refer to some industry best practices and tools to plan security testing. On the other hand, we should also learn from white-hat or real hackers. The purpose of studying real threats and exploits is to review and improve the existing security testing methodologies and tools. The following sections contain some of the recommended references for real-world exploits.

Exploits and CVE

These resources provide the proof-of-concept (PoC) testing scripts and tools of CVEs. They're valuable because we may apply or customize those testing scripts to be parts of our security testing toolsets. The Security Focus, Packet Storm Security, and Exploit Database provide not only the CVEs information but also security testing tools and PoC scripts. Check out the following:

• Security Focus: The Security Focus lists the technical details of every CVE vulnerability...