Dave Mound - Python web penetration testing cookbook : over 60 indispensable Python recipes to ensure you always have the right code on hand for web application testing

Cameron Buchanan is a penetration tester by trade and a writer in his spare time. He has performed penetration tests around the world for a variety of clients across many industries. Previously, he was a member of the RAF. In his spare time, he enjoys doing stupid things, such as trying to make things fly, getting electrocuted, and dunking himself in freezing cold water. He is married and lives in London.

Terry Ip is a security consultant. After nearly a decade of learning how to support IT infrastructure, he decided that it would be much more fun learning how to break it instead. He is married and lives in Buckinghamshire, where he tends to his chickens.

Andrew Mabbitt is a penetration tester living in London, UK. He spends his time beating down networks, mentoring, and helping newbies break into the industry. In his free time, he loves to travel, break things, and master the art of sarcasm.

Benjamin May is a security test engineer from Cambridge. He studied computing for business at Aston University. With a background in software testing, he recently combined this with his passion for security to create a new role in his current company. He has a broad interest in security across all aspects of the technology field, from reverse engineering embedded devices to hacking with Python and participating in CTFs. He is a husband and a father.

Dave Mound is a security consultant. He is a Microsoft Certified Application Developer but spends more time developing Python programs these days. He has been studying information security since 1994 and holds the following qualifications: C|EH, SSCP, and MCAD. He recently studied for OSCP certification but is still to appear for the exam. He enjoys talking and presenting and is keen to pass on his skills to other members of the cyber security community.

When not attached to a keyboard, he can be found tinkering with his 1978 Chevrolet Camaro. He once wrestled a bear and was declared the winner by omoplata.

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Sam Brown is a security researcher based in the UK and has a background in software engineering and electronics. He is primarily interested in breaking things, building tools to help break things, and burning himself with a soldering iron.

James Burns is currently a security consultant, but with a technology career spanning over 15 years, he has held positions ranging from a helpdesk phone answerer to a network cable untangler, to technical architect roles. A network monkey at heart, he is happiest when he is up to his elbows in packets but has been known to turn his hand to most technical disciplines.

When not working as a penetration tester, he has a varied range of other security interests, including scripting, vulnerability research, and intelligence gathering. He also has a long-time interest in building and researching embedded Linux systems. While he's not very good at them, he also enjoys the occasional CTF with friends. Occasionally, he gets out into the real world and pursues his other hobby of cycling.

I would like to thank my parents for giving me the passion to learn and the means to try. I would also like to thank my fantastic girlfriend, Claire, for winking at me once; never before has a wink led to such a dramatic move. She continues to support me in all that I do, even at her own expense. Finally, I should like to thank the youngest people in my household, Grace and Samuel, for providing me with the ultimate incentive for always trying to improve myself. These are the greatest joys that a bloke could wish for.

Rejah Rehim is currently a software engineer for Digital Brand Group (DBG), India and is a long-time preacher of open source. He is a steady contributor to the Mozilla Foundation and his name has featured in the San Francisco Monument made by the Mozilla Foundation.

He is part of the Mozilla Add-on Review Board and has contributed to the development of several node modules. He has also been credited with the creation of eight Mozilla add-ons, including the highly successful Clear Console add-on, which was selected as one of the best Mozilla add-ons of 2013. With a user base of more than 44,000, it has registered more than 4,50,000 downloads till date. He successfully created the world's first one-of-the-kind Security Testing Browser Bundle, PenQ, which is an open source Linux-based penetration testing browser bundle, preconfigured with tools for spidering, advanced web searching, fingerprinting, and so on.

He is also an active member of the OWASP and the chapter leader of OWASP, Kerala. He is also one of the moderators of the OWASP Google+ group and an active speaker at Coffee@DBG, one of the premier monthly tech rendezvous in Technopark, Kerala. Besides currently being a part of the Cyber Security division of DBG and QBurst in previous years, he is also a fan of process automation and has implemented it in DBG.

Ishbir Singh is studying computer engineering and computer science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He's been programming since he was 9 and has built a wide variety of software, from those meant to run on a calculator to those intended for deployment in multiple data centers around the world. Trained as a Microsoft Certified System Engineer and certified by Linux Professional Institute, he has also dabbled in reverse engineering, information security, hardware programming, and web development. His current interests lie in developing cryptographic peer-to-peer trustless systems, polishing his penetration testing skills, learning new languages (both human and computer), and playing table tennis.