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Secure Coding Practices SpecializationUniversity of California, Davis

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In this course, we will wear many hats. With our Attacker Hats on, we will exploit Injection issues that allow us to steal data, exploit Cross Site Scripting issues to compromise a users browser, break authentication to gain access to data and functionality reserved for the ‘Admins’, and even exploit vulnerable components to run our code on a remote server and access some secrets. We will also wear Defender Hats. We will dive deep in the code to fix the root cause of these issues and discuss various mitigation strategies. We do this by exploiting WebGoat, an OWASP project designed to teach penetration testing. WebGoat is a deliberately vulnerable application with many flaws and we take aim at fixing some of these issues. Finally we fix these issues in WebGoat and build our patched binaries. Together we will discuss online resources to help us along and find meaningful ways to give back to the larger Application Security community.

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What you will learn

Practice protecting against various kinds of cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
Form plans to mitigate injection vulnerabilities in your web application.
Create strategies and controls to provide secure authentication.
Examine code to find and patch vulnerable components.

Skills you will gain

Java
secure programming
Java Programming
security

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Joubin Jabbari

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

7 hours to complete

Setup and Introduction to Cross Site Scripting Attacks

In this module, you will be able to use Git and GitHub to pull needed source code. You will be able to run WebGoat in a Docker container and explain reasons for doing so. You'll be able to describe cross-site scripting attacks and explain how these attacks happen and how to guard against them. You'll be able to differentiate between a DOM-based, Reflected, and Stored cross-site scripting attacks. You will be able to practice protecting against various kinds of cross-site scripting attacks.

7 hours to complete

14 videos (Total 89 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

14 videos

Course Introduction3mOverview of Resources and Tools for This Course4mSetup and Introduction to Cross-site Scripting1mTips and Tricks to Use Git for Course and Project8mHow to Import WebGoat into IDE7mHow to Run WebGoat in a Docker Container5mInjection Attacks: What They Are and How They Affect Us9mCross-site Scripting (XSS), Part 110mProtecting Against Cross-site Scripting (XSS), Part 29mPatching Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS), Part 36mStored Cross-site Scripting (XSS)14mDangers of Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Attacks4mA Note About Finding Lessons on WebGoat32sIntroduction to Labs (Peer Reviewed)2m

3 readings

A Note From UC Davis10mOWASP Cross Site Scripting Prevention Cheat Sheet1hNote About Peer Review Assignments10m

1 practice exercise

Module 1 Quiz30m

Week2

Week 2

7 hours to complete

Injection Attacks

In this module, you will be able to exploit a SQL injection vulnerability and form plans to mitigate injection vulnerabilities in your web application. You will be able to discuss various approaches to finding and fixing XML, Entity and SQL attack vulnerabilities. You'll be able to describe and protect against a "man-in-the-middle" attack and describe the the thought process to find SQL injection vulnerabilities by "putting on the attacker's hat". You will be able to demonstrate how to properly modify queries to get them into prepared statements and analyze code while using an XML viewer and text editor to find vulnerabilities. You'll also be able to navigate a large code base to find critical segments of code and patch vulnerabilities.

7 hours to complete

10 videos (Total 80 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

10 videos

Injection Attacks1mTutorial: Using a Proxy to Intercept Traffic from Client to Servers7mSQL Syntax and Basics: Putting On the Attacker Hat10mSolution to SQL Injection Attacks (SQLi)7mSQL Injection Attacks: Evaluation of Code13mXML External Entity (XXE) Attacks8mDemo of an XML External Entity (XXE) Attack to Gain Remote Code Execution (RCE)5mEvaluation of Code - XXE through a REST Framework8mSolution: Evaluation of Code - XXE through a REST Framework8mPatching the XXE Vulnerability9m

2 readings

OWASP SQL Injection Prevention Cheat Sheet45mOWASP XML External Entity Prevention Cheat Sheet45m

1 practice exercise

Module 2 Quiz30m

Week3

Week 3

6 hours to complete

Authentication and Authorization

In this module, you will be able to evaluate authentication flaws of various kinds to identify potential problems and create strategies and controls to provide secure authentication. You'll be able to create and/or implement controls to mitigate authentication bypass and draw lessons from notable instances where others failed to authenticate users. You will be able to properly implement authentication methods like JSON Web Tokens (JWT). You will be able to find vulnerabilities in a large code base and provide a solution for demonstrating and exploiting JSON Web Tokens (JWT).

6 hours to complete

12 videos (Total 57 min), 2 readings, 2 quizzes

12 videos

Authentication and Authorization53sIntroduction to Authentication Flaws in WebGoat1mAuthentication Bypass Exploit3mTips and Tricks for Burp Suite: Use Proxy to Intercept Traffic4mSolution to Authentication Bypass: Evaluation of Code7mFinding Vulnerabilities and Logical Flaws in Source Code10mIntroduction to JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and Authentication Bypass49sAuthentication Flaw JSON Web Tokens (JWT)7mSolution Demo: Exploiting JSON Web Tokens (JWT)8mEvaluating Code to Find the JSON Web Tokens (JWT) Flaw4mHint Video: (JWT) Patching the Vulnerable Code in WebGoat47sSolution to Patch JWT Flaw6m

2 readings

OWASP Transaction Authorization Cheat Sheet1hA Beginner's Guide to JWTs in Java'45m

1 practice exercise

Module 3 Quiz30m

Week4

Week 4

4 hours to complete

Dangers of Vulnerable Components and Final Project

4 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 26 min), 3 readings, 2 quizzes

5 videos

Dangers of Vulnerable Components Introduction1mVulnerable Components (XStream Library)9mSolution: Fixing Vulnerabilities with XStream11mIntroduction to Labs (Peer Reviewed)2mCourse Summary1m

3 readings

Article: How Hackers Broke Equifax: Exploiting a Patchable Vulnerabil10mArticle: Exploiting OGNL Injection in Apache Struts30mNote About Peer Review Assignments10m

1 practice exercise

Module 4 Practice Quiz5m

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About the Secure Coding Practices Specialization

This Specialization is intended for software developers of any level who are not yet fluent with secure coding and programming techniques.Through four courses, you will cover the principles of secure coding, concepts of threat modeling and cryptography and exploit vulnerabilities in both C/C++ and Java languages, which will prepare you to think like a hacker and protect your organizations information. The courses provide ample practice activities including exploiting WebGoat, an OWASP project designed to teach penetration testing.

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