
Embark on an introduction to zap, a man-in-the-middle proxy for pentesting and bug bounties; learn its extensibility, scripting options, and how it compares to burp suite pro.
Explore the OWASP ZAP intro screen, modes (safe, standard, attack), automated scans, intercept requests, and session management for effective pentesting and bug bounty workflows.
Define and manage multiple contexts, including in-scope and out-of-scope sections. Configure structural settings, authentication, session management, authorization, access control rules, pages, and alert filters.
Explore the site tree by automatically scanning and manually exploring, right-click to attack or include the whole site, manage contexts, export URLs, copy to clipboard, run scripts, and save requests.
Navigate automated scanning in ZAP by launching traditional or Ajax spiders, starting and stopping tests, and tailoring scan policies with vectors and thresholds for precise alerts.
Explore fuzzing techniques in ZAP for pentesting, including setting payloads, first locations, and incremental identifiers, plus concurrency options, message processors, and payload processors like base64 encoding with redirects.
Learn how directory brute forcing works in burp suite, using word lists, choosing a site or specific directory, and understanding differences between site-wide versus single-directory scanning, including browsing child directories.
Learn to interrupt and break on requests, set manual breakpoints, and add custom HTP breakpoints to control request flow without breaking every call.
Explore add-ons and extensions, with favorites like X control tester and All-In-One Notes, then install selectively to avoid memory hogs; plan for 32 gigabytes of RAM.
Master manual scanning in Zap to inspect vulnerabilities, using the heads-up display to review site and page information, and configure proxy settings and ports.
WhatIsThis?
OWASP Zed Attack Proxy AKA ZAP is a great tool for pen-testers and bug bounty hunters alike. Everyone needs a MitM proxy if they are investigating application traffic and while there are many to pick from, ZAP has distinct advantages over all of them.
Compared to burp suite pro, OWASP ZAP includes the same features but is free.
Compared to Charles proxy, ZAP includes more interactivity.
ZAP has context-dependent UI screens, meaning they only show you what is relevant at that time to avoid screen clutter.
ZAP works with a server/database system, allowing you to easily make and restore snapshots.
We can keep on going on forever about it's clear this is an essential tool for any hacker who takes themselves even the least bit serious. While it may be a bit harder to learn since everyone is used to burp suite, this tutorial aims to guide you through the basics in video format. You can follow along with the instructor and even perform the automated scans on labs that are created by the author.
WhoAmI?
My name is Wesley Thijs and I've been an instructor for about 3 years now. Before this, I was a QA engineer and since recently also a full-time pentester in my own company. I love seeing people floorish and rise up to the challenges that face us as hackers. Of course, we all know information is free on the internet anywhere we look but it's also this overwhelming feeling of information that led me to start creating courses that follow an easy to follow along guide with labs you can try all this hacking violence on.