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Burp Suite Essentials

Discover the secrets of web application pentesting using Burp Suite, the best tool for the job

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
By: Akash Mahajan  
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|Sep 2025
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Key Features

    Book Description

    If you are interested in learning how to test web applications and the web part of mobile applications using Burp, then this is the book for you. It is specifically designed to meet your needs if you have basic experience in using Burp and are now aiming to become a professional Burp user.

    What you will learn

    • Get to grips with the userdriven workflow so that you can test any kind of web application
    • Get acquainted with the use of each of the components in Burpa?”Target, Proxy, Intruder, Scanner, and Repeater
    • Search, extract, and match patterns for requests and responses using response extraction rules, URLmatching rules, and Grep Match
    • Set up and test SSLenabled applications without any errors
    • Intercept SSL traffic from all kinds of web and mobile applications
    • Develop customized Burp Extensions to suit your needs using Java, Python, and Ruby

    Who this book is for

    Table of Contents

    1. Getting Started with Burp
    2. Configuring browsers to proxy through Burp
    3. Setting the scope, dealing with upstream proxies
    4. SSL and other advanced settings
    5. Using Burp Tools as a power user 1
    6. Using Burp Tools as a power user 2
    7. Searching, extracting, pattern matching and more
    8. Using Engagement Tools
    9. Using Burp Extensions and writing your own
    10. Saving securely, backing up and other maintenance activities
    11. Resources, references and links
    PDF ISBN: 978-1-78355-012-8
    Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
    Copyright owner: © 2014 Packt Publishing Limited
    Publication date: 2025
    Language: English
    Pages: 144

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