Course Overview


Advanced Web Hacking is designed to take your web penetration testing skills to the next level. This course dives deep into advanced topics, exploring edge-case vulnerabilities, sophisticated attacks, and complex scenarios faced in modern web applications. Each module will offer in-depth exploration through code review, debugging, and hands-on labs. 

The first module focuses on Prototype Pollution. New modules will be released every 4-6 weeks.


Key Topics

  • Advanced web attacks


Prerequisites & System Requirements

It's recommended that students have the following experience or equivalent:


Students should also have:

  • The ability to run a Linux virtual machine (VM)
  • Standard penetration testing tools like Burp Suite, a code editor such as Visual Studio Code


Advanced Web Hacking Course Objectives


  • Identify and exploit web application vulnerabilities
  • Ability to use techniques such as code review and debugging to find and exploit vulnerabilities
  • Gain a deep understanding of how web applications work
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Who Should Take Advanced Web Hacking?

Advanced web hacking is aimed at those who want to understand, find and exploit advanced vulnerabilities within web applications for penetration testing and bug bounty.

  • Experienced web application penetration testers looking to expand their knowledge and skillset
  • PWPT certification holders
  • Developers that want to understand advanced web attacks from a code perspective

About the Instructor: Alex Olsen

Alex is a Web Application Security specialist with experience working across multiple sectors, from single-developer applications all the way up to enterprise web apps with tens of millions of users. He enjoys building applications almost as much as breaking them and has spent many years supporting the shift-left movement by teaching developers, infrastructure engineers, architects, and anyone who would listen about cybersecurity.


Alex holds a Master’s Degree in Computing, as well as the PNPT, CEH, and OSCP certifications.

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