🏗️ Attacking the Digital Foundation. Welcome to Hacking Web Servers. Web servers are the backbone of the modern internet—and a prime target for attackers. This video dives deep into the methodologies, vulnerabilities, and exploits used to compromise web servers and their underlying infrastructure. We’ll move beyond simple websites to target the server software, configurations, and services that host them. Learn how to identify misconfigurations, exploit vulnerable services, and leverage server-level access to breach entire networks. This is critical knowledge for both penetration testers assessing infrastructure security and system administrators defending their assets. 💡 Key Server-Level Attacks You’ll Understand: ✅ Server fingerprinting and vulnerability mapping for common web server software. ✅ Exploiting misconfigured permissions and debug functionalities. ✅ Leveraging file upload flaws to deploy web shells for persistent access. ✅ The power of SSRF to target internal networks through the server. ✅ Post-exploitation techniques specific to compromised web servers. 🚨 CRITICAL LEGAL & SCOPE WARNING: Attacking web servers without authorization is among the highest-risk activities: Web server compromises often lead to significant data breaches and service disruption. Laws like the CFAA impose severe penalties for unauthorized access to servers. Even “proof-of-concept” testing on live servers can cause crashes and data loss. Only test servers you own, have written authorization for, or are part of a legitimate bug bounty program. 🔗 Training Environments & Tools: Vulnerable Servers: Metasploitable 2/3, OWASP Broken Web Apps, Web Security Dojo Exploitation Tools: Metasploit, Searchsploit, Nmap (vuln scripts) Web Shells: AntSword, Weevely, C99 (for educational demo only) Practice Platforms: HackTheBox (Server-themed machines), TryHackMe (Web Server rooms) Hardening Guides: CIS Benchmarks, Mozilla SSL Configuration Generator 💬 The Scope Debate: During an authorized penetration test, if you compromise a web server and find credentials to internal systems, should you pivot further into the network, or does that exceed the agreed scope? How do you balance thorough testing with defined boundaries? Subscribe (🔔) for complete infrastructure security coverage. Next, we’ll explore Hacking Wireless Networks—the invisible attack surface. #WebServerHacking #CyberSecurity #PenetrationTesting #EthicalHacking #Metasploit #ServerSecurity #Apache #Nginx #SSRF #WebShell #InfoSec #HackTheBox #RedTeam #systemadministration