OWASP Testing Guide Appendix B: Suggested Reading

This article is part of the new OWASP Testing Guide v4.

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Whitepapers

• The Economic Impacts of Inadequate Infrastructure for Software Testing - http://www.nist.gov/director/planning/upload/report02-3.pdf

• Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures- http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff649874.aspx

• NIST Publications - http://csrc.nist.gov/publications/PubsSPs.html

• The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Guide Project - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Guide_Project

• Security Considerations in the System Development Life Cycle (NIST) - http://www.nist.gov/customcf/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=890097

• The Security of Applications: Not All Are Created Equal - http://www.securitymanagement.com/archive/library/atstake_tech0502.pdf

• Software Assurance: An Overview of Current Practices - http://www.safecode.org/publications/SAFECode_BestPractices0208.pdf

• Software Security Testing: Software Assurance Pocket guide Series: Development, Volume III - https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/swa/downloads/SoftwareSecurityTesting_PocketGuide_1%200_05182012_PostOnline.pdf

• Use Cases: Just the FAQs and Answers – http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/rational/library/content/RationalEdge/jan03/UseCaseFAQS_TheRationalEdge_Jan2003.pdf

Books

• The Art of Software Security Testing: Identifying Software Security Flaws, by Chris Wysopal, Lucas Nelson, Dino Dai Zovi, Elfriede Dustin, published by Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0321304861 (2006)

• Building Secure Software: How to Avoid Security Problems the Right Way, by Gary McGraw and John Viega, published by Addison-Wesley Pub Co, ISBN 020172152X (2002) - http://www.buildingsecuresoftware.com

• The Ethical Hack: A Framework for Business Value Penetration Testing, By James S. Tiller, Auerbach Publications, ISBN 084931609X (2005)

• + Online version available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=fwASXKXOolEC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Exploiting Software: How to Break Code, by Gary McGraw and Greg Hoglund, published by Addison-Wesley Pub Co, ISBN 0201786958 (2004) -http://www.exploitingsoftware.com

• The Hacker's Handbook: The Strategy behind Breaking into and Defending Networks, By Susan Young, Dave Aitel, Auerbach Publications, ISBN: 0849308887 (2005)

• + Online version available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=AO2fsAPVC34C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Hacking Exposed: Web Applications 3, by Joel Scambray, Vinvent Liu, Caleb Sima, published by McGraw-Hill Osborne Media, ISBN 007222438X (2010) - http://www.webhackingexposed.com/

• The Web Application Hacker's Handbook: Finding and Exploiting Security Flaws, 2nd Edition - published by Dafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto, ISBN 9781118026472 (2011)

• How to Break Software Security, by James Whittaker, Herbert H. Thompson, published by Addison Wesley, ISBN 0321194330 (2003)

• How to Break Software: Functional and Security Testing of Web Applications and Web Services, by Make Andrews, James A. Whittaker, published by Pearson Education Inc., ISBN 0321369440 (2006)

• Innocent Code: A Security Wake-Up Call for Web Programmers, by Sverre Huseby, published by John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0470857447(2004) - http://innocentcode.thathost.com

• + Online version available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=RjVjgPQsKogC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Mastering the Requirements Process, by Suzanne Robertson and James Robertson, published by Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0201360462

• + Online version available at: http://books.google.com/books?id=SN4WegDHVCcC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

• Secure Coding: Principles and Practices, by Mark Graff and Kenneth R. Van Wyk, published by O’Reilly, ISBN 0596002424 (2003) - http://www.securecoding.org

• Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO, David Wheeler (2004) http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs
• + Online version: http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/index.html

• Securing Java, by Gary McGraw, Edward W. Felten, published by Wiley, ISBN 047131952X (1999) - http://www.securingjava.com

• Software Security: Building Security In, by Gary McGraw, published by Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0321356705 (2006)

• Software Testing In The Real World (Acm Press Books) by Edward Kit, published by Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0201877562 (1995)

• Software Testing Techniques, 2nd Edition, By Boris Beizer, International Thomson Computer Press, ISBN 0442206720 (1990)

• The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications, by Michael Zalewski, published by No Starch Press Inc., ISBN 047131952X (2011)

• The Unified Modeling Language – A User Guide – by Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson, published by Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0321267974 (2005)

• The Unified Modeling Language User Guide, by Grady Booch, James Rumbaugh, Ivar Jacobson, Ivar published by Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN 0-201-57168-4 (1998)

• Web Security Testing Cookbook: Systematic Techniques to Find Problems Fast, by Paco Hope, Ben Walther, published by O’Reilly, ISBN 0596514832 (2008)

• Writing Secure Code, by Mike Howard and David LeBlanc, published by Microsoft Press, ISBN 0735617228 (2004) http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/book.aspx?ID=5957&locale=en-us

Useful Websites

• Build Security In - https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/bsi/home.html

• Build Security In – Security-Specific Bibliography - https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/bsi/articles/best-practices/measurement/1070-BSI.html

• CERT Secure Coding - http://www.cert.org/secure-coding/

• CERT Secure Coding Standards- https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode/CERT+Secure+Coding+Standards

• Exploit and Vulnerability Databases - https://buildsecurityin.us-cert.gov/swa/database.html

• Google Code University – Web Security - http://code.google.com/edu/security/index.html

• McAfee Foundstone Publications - http://www.mcafee.com/apps/view-all/publications.aspx?tf=foundstone&sz=10

• McAfee – Resources Library - http://www.mcafee.com/apps/resource-library-search.aspx?region=us

• McAfee Free Tools - http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/index.aspx

• OASIS Web Application Security (WAS) TC — http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=was

• Open Source Software Testing Tools - http://www.opensourcetesting.org/security.php
• OWASP Security Blitz - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Security_Blitz

• OWASP Phoenix/Tool - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/Phoenix/Tools
• SANS Internet Storm Center (ISC) - https://www.isc.sans.edu

• The Open Web Application Application Security Project (OWASP) — http://www.owasp.org

• Pentestmonkey - Pen Testing Cheat Sheets - http://pentestmonkey.net/cheat-sheet

• Secure Coding Guidelines for the .NET Framework 4.5 - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/8a3x2b7f.aspx

• Security in the Java platform - http://docs.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/security/overview/jsoverview.html

• System Administration, Networking, and Security Institute (SANS) - http://www.sans.org

• Technical INFO – Making Sense of Security - http://www.technicalinfo.net/index.html

• Web Application Security Consortium - http://www.webappsec.org/projects/

• Web Application Security Scanner List - http://projects.webappsec.org/w/page/13246988/Web%20Application%20Security%20Scanner%20List

• Web Security – Articles - http://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/articles/

Videos

• OWASP Appsec Tutorial Series - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Appsec_Tutorial_Series

• SecurityTube - http://www.securitytube.net/

• Videos by Imperva - http://www.imperva.com/resources/videos.asp

Deliberately Insecure Web Applications

• OWASP Vulnerable Web Applications Directory Project - https://www.owasp.org/index.php/OWASP_Vulnerable_Web_Applications_Directory_Project#tab=Main

• BadStore - http://www.badstore.net/

• Damn Vulnerable Web App - http://www.ethicalhack3r.co.uk/damn-vulnerable-web-app/

• Hacme Series from McAfee:

• + Hacme Travel - http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/hacmetravel.aspx

• + Hacme Bank - http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/hacme-bank.aspx

• + Hacme Shipping - http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/hacmeshipping.aspx

• + Hacme Casino - http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/hacme-casino.aspx

• + Hacme Books - http://www.mcafee.com/us/downloads/free-tools/hacmebooks.aspx

• Moth - http://www.bonsai-sec.com/en/research/moth.php

• Mutillidae - http://www.irongeek.com/i.php?page=mutillidae/mutillidae-deliberately-vulnerable-php-owasp-top-10

• Stanford SecuriBench - http://suif.stanford.edu/~livshits/securibench/

• Vicnum - http://vicnum.sourceforge.net/ and http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_Vicnum_Project

• WebGoat - http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebGoat_Project

• WebMaven (better known as Buggy Bank) - http://www.mavensecurity.com/WebMaven.php