Burp Suite is an intercepting HTTP proxy that can also scan a web-based service for vulnerabilities. A tool like this is indispensable for testing web applications. Burp Suite is written in Java and comes bundled with a JVM, so it works on any operating system you're likely to use.
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Pentest reports sometimes include bad information under a heading like, βWeak TLS Configurationβ or βInsecure SSL Certificates.β This article will explain how TLS is supposed to work, common ways it [β¦]
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At Black Hills Information Security (BHIS), we make our living doing pentesting, but weβve never once been paid for a pentest. Penetration Testers get paid for their reports. For their [β¦]
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Information takes many forms. Some of these forms are easy to understand and others less so. Some are hardly even recognizable. How do you know when youβve found something interesting? [β¦]
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Are you responsible for the security of webapps? Are you curious about how penetration testers are able to find vulnerabilities in them? Burp Suite is the preferred tool for many [β¦]
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So much information about testing webapps for security problems is old. Donβt get me wrong, the old stuff still works way more often than weβd like, but thereβs more to [β¦]
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I like webapps, donβt you? Webapps have got to be the best way to learn about security. Why? Because theyβre self-contained and so very transparent. You donβt need a big [β¦]
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Brian King // Recon-ng had a major update in June 2019, from 4.9.6 to 5.0.0. This post is meant to help with the adjustment by providing a cheat sheet for [β¦]
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Brian B. KingΒ // This is a companion post to BBKingβs βHack for Show, Report for Doughβ report, given at BSides Cleveland in June 2019. The fun part of pentesting is [β¦]
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BB King // We got an email from a fan today asking how best to find a mentor in information security. Maybe youβre looking for a mentor too. Itβs a [β¦]
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BB King // BB King looks at testing modern web apps in that βenterprise environmentβ so many of us inhabit. Taking the perspective of the Lonely Application Security Person in [β¦]
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BB King//* The state of Ohio recently validated a webapp pentest finding that sometimes goes overlooked. It relates to the details of administrative functions, how they can be abused, and [β¦]
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Brian King // On a recent webapp test, I got a little frustrated with all the extra HTTP requests showing up in my Burpsuite Proxy History from connections that Firefox [β¦]
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Brian King // I use GNU ScreenΒ mainly to prevent processes from dying when I disconnect from an SSH session, but GNU Screen can do a whole lot more than that [β¦]
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Brian King // News from Google this week says that Chrome will start enforcing Certificate Transparency a year from now. https://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/forum/#!topic/ct-policy/78N3SMcqUGw This means that when Chrome contacts a website, if [β¦]
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BBKing // So Iβm working the other day, and my wife asks me why the TV is on. I donβt know. I didnβt turn it on. But itβs near my [β¦]
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Brian B. King // Red Teaming is one of those terms popping up all over the place lately, and it seems to mean different things to different people. Is it [β¦]
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Brian King // Β Do you know what that browser plugin is doing? Thereβs a browser plugin for just about everything. You can find one to change the name of [β¦]
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Brian King // All of our scanning tools tell us that we should disable the HTTP TRACE and TRACK methods. And we all think thatβs because thereβs something an attacker [β¦]
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Brian King // Thereβs a one-liner password spray script that a lot of folks use to see if anyone on a domain is using a bad password like LetMeIn! or [β¦]
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