The Web Application Hacker's Handbook
Summary: PortSwigger announced it will not produce a third edition of The Web Application Hacker's Handbook, the reference book it describes as the de facto standard for learning web security for over a decade. Instead, the company created the Web Security Academy, a free resource with learning materials, interactive vulnerability labs, and video tutorials that it says it will keep updating with new material and labs.
Key Takeaway: The training ground for a generation of web hackers is now a free, continuously updated platform rather than a printed book, which changes where your defenders and your adversaries both pick up technique.
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