Web Hacking 101

Hannah Brand

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

Kursbeschreibung:

You send thousands of web requests per day. What could go wrong? As ethical hackers know, quite a lot! In this course you’ll learn the basics of web security: what’s really inside your favorite app, the most common vulnerabilities around today, and how to spot them in the wild. You will emerge understanding industry-standard frameworks like OWASP Top 10, CVSS 4.0, and the tools and tricks needed for web security research. Most importantly – you’ll be well-prepared to join a Capture The Flag challenge and try out your new hacking skills!

Voraussetzungen:

Teilnehmende sollten über grundlegende Kenntnisse des Netzwerk-Stacks sowie des Aufbaus einer Webseite verfügen. Kenntnisse einer Programmiersprache, insbesondere von Skriptsprachen oder Python, können hilfreich sein. Diese Vorkenntnisse sind jedoch keine zwingende Voraussetzung. Zur Vorbereitung werden allen Teilnehmenden ergänzende Materialien zur Verfügung gestellt.

Biographie: Hannah Brand

Hannah Brand is a security researcher interested in networking and privacy-preserving technologies. Following five years investigating web security vulnerabilities with the Microsoft Security Response Center, she began graduate study at TU Darmstadt in 2025. She has a passion for connecting the technical and social aspects of security, and has previously led an autonomous tutorial on Open-Source and Society at TU. Her most recent work, with the Max Planck Institute for Security and Privacy, focuses on censorship-circumventing proxy protocols. In her spare time she can be found cycling and cooking (but not at the same time).