Web Application Security Specialist — Career Track
Break web apps. Help builders fix them.
Become a senior-grade web pen-tester. We go beyond CEH-level OWASP into business-logic flaws, authentication patterns, modern SPAs, GraphQL, OAuth attacks and source-code review — all the work that pays AppSec engineers the highest salaries in Indian cybersecurity. Pairs naturally with OSWA / OSWE for credentialing.
What is web application security training?
Web application security training teaches you to find and exploit the OWASP Top 10 and business-logic flaws in real web apps, hands-on. Macksofy's program takes learners from fundamentals to professional web-pentest skill with guided labs and mentoring in India.
Outcomes — concrete, measurable.
Every capability you walk away with, mapped to the cybersecurity domains and the career roles they unlock in India + UAE.
Discover and exploit BOLA, IDOR, mass-assignment and access-control flaws
- Web Application Pen-Tester₹10–18 LPA
- Application Security Engineer₹15–28 LPA
- Bug Bounty Hunter (full-time)₹15–60 LPA*
Is Web App Security Track right for you?
- Pen-testers who want to specialize in web/API security
- Bug bounty hunters serious about higher-payout findings
- Application security engineers at product companies
- CEH-or-equivalent holders ready to specialize
What we assume you know
- OWASP Top 10 conceptual familiarity
- Comfort with HTTP, sessions, JWT basics
- Bash + light Python scripting
8 modules. 100 hours including PortSwigger labs.
Search modules and topics, and switch between Split and Track views to see how every module flows into the next.
- HTTP/1.1 vs HTTP/2 vs HTTP/3 attack surfaces
- Cookies, sessions, CSRF, SameSite
- CORS, Origin, CSP
- Proxy / Repeater / Intruder / Comparer
- Custom extensions (Python via Jython, Burp BApps)
- Active scan tuning
- SQLi: in-band, blind, time-based, second-order
- NoSQL injection (MongoDB)
- Command injection, SSRF, server-side template injection (SSTI)
- XXE in modern stacks
- Session/token attacks: JWT (alg confusion, kid injection)
- OAuth 2.0 / OIDC flaws
- Password reset / account recovery flaws
- BOLA / IDOR / mass-assignment patterns
- Prototype pollution (Node.js)
- DOM XSS in SPAs (React, Vue)
- Web cache deception, web cache poisoning
- HTTP request smuggling
- REST API testing (OWASP API Top 10)
- GraphQL: introspection, depth attacks, batching
- gRPC and Protocol Buffers fuzzing
- Reading PHP, Java, Node.js for vuln patterns
- Semgrep custom rule writing
- Common sink/source analysis
- 5-day audit of a deliberately vulnerable production-like app
- Full report deliverable
The same toolkit our consultants use on real engagements.
Not academic exercises. The tools below are exactly what Macksofy consultants run on paying client engagements every week — so the muscle memory you build in class carries straight into your first job.
What roles open up after you complete this.
| Role | Salary band | Experience |
|---|---|---|
| Web Application Pen-Tester | ₹10–18 LPA | 2–4 years |
| Application Security Engineer | ₹15–28 LPA | 3–6 years |
| Bug Bounty Hunter (full-time) | ₹15–60 LPA* | Variable |
We don’t promise jobs. We open doors.
AppSec is the highest-paid sub-discipline in Indian cybersecurity. Strong product companies (fintechs, SaaS) and BFSI hire heavily.
- Bug bounty mentorship — we'll review your first 5 reports
- Direct intros to AppSec hiring at product companies
- Resume + interview prep tailored to AppSec hiring loops
“The business-logic and access-control modules unlocked findings I'd been missing for a year.”
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- EC-Council ATC · CompTIA Authorized
- Thousands of professionals trained
- India + UAE engagements