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Burp Suite Cookbook

Burp Suite Cookbook

By : Dr. Sunny Wear
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Burp Suite Cookbook

Burp Suite Cookbook

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By: Dr. Sunny Wear

Overview of this book

With its many features, easy-to-use interface, and flexibility, Burp Suite is the top choice for professionals looking to strengthen web application and API security. This book offers solutions to challenges related to identifying, testing, and exploiting vulnerabilities in web applications and APIs. It provides guidance on identifying security weaknesses in diverse environments by using different test cases. Once you’ve learned how to configure Burp Suite, the book will demonstrate the effective utilization of its tools, such as Live tasks, Scanner, Intruder, Repeater, and Decoder, enabling you to evaluate the security vulnerability of target applications. Additionally, you’ll explore various Burp extensions and the latest features of Burp Suite, including DOM Invader. By the end of this book, you’ll have acquired the skills needed to confidently use Burp Suite to conduct comprehensive security assessments of web applications and APIs.
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Testing session token strength using Sequencer

To track user activity from page to page within an application, developers create and assign unique session token values to each user. Most session token mechanisms include session IDs, hidden form fields, or cookies. Cookies are placed within the user’s browser on the client side.

These session tokens should be examined by a penetration tester to ensure their uniqueness, randomness, and cryptographic strength, to prevent information leakage.

If a session token value is easily guessable or remains unchanged after login, an attacker could apply (or fixate) a pre-known token value to a user. This is known as a session fixation attack. The purpose of the attack is to harvest sensitive data in the user’s account, since the session token is known to the attacker.

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We’ll check the session tokens used in OWASP Mutillidae II to ensure they are created in a secure and unpredictable way. An attacker...

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