Pentesting Modern Web Apps: A Primer

Brian Hysell (@BrianHysell) Most learning materials for web app pentesting focus on “old school” apps. Maybe they have a little jQuery sprinkled in, but most of the heavy-lifting happens server-side. With the dawn of frontend frameworks like AngularJS, Vue, and React and Single-Page Applications, the way web apps are developed is changing, and pentesters need to keep up. This talk runs through common security issues with and approaches to testing these new apps.