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Burp Suite Essentials

You're reading from   Burp Suite Essentials Discover the secrets of web application pentesting using Burp Suite, the best tool for the job

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783550111
Length 144 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Akash Mahajan Akash Mahajan
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Table of Contents (13) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Getting Started with Burp 2. Configuring Browsers to Proxy through Burp FREE CHAPTER 3. Setting the Scope and Dealing with Upstream Proxies 4. SSL and Other Advanced Settings 5. Using Burp Tools As a Power User – Part 1 6. Using Burp Tools As a Power User – Part 2 7. Searching, Extracting, Pattern Matching, and More 8. Using Engagement Tools and Other Utilities 9. Using Burp Extensions and Writing Your Own 10. Saving Securely, Backing Up, and Other Maintenance Activities 11. Resources, References, and Links Index

Intruder


Burp Intruder is meant for exploitation and automating attacks. Most of the attacks against web applications are about sending them a lot of data and making sense of the responses. Therefore, Intruder is a very good and efficient request sender and response collector. The tool is incredibly flexible and infinitely customizable. That is great once you have the hang of it, but can be a bit overwhelming for someone just starting out.

The best way to get started is to find a request that has parameters that can be fuzzed. A login form is a good example where we can check for weak credentials by simulating a dictionary attack using the Intruder tool.

First, we choose an interesting-looking request that can and should be automated. A few examples of this would be:

  • Enumerating user information, such as names and passwords

  • Enumerating common directories and files that can cause information leakage

  • Fuzzing for XSS, SQLI, and path traversals

Basically, we give a baseline request to Intruder, mark...

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