Burp Suite Fundamentals

Summary

The standard tool for web application security testing — intercepting and modifying HTTP requests, scanning for vulnerabilities, and testing input validation manually.

How to Learn This

1Set up Burp Suite as a proxy and intercept traffic from a browser to a practice web app.
2Practice modifying a request in Burp's repeater tool and observing the server's response.
3Learn the difference between Burp's manual testing tools and its automated scanner.

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