'Burp Suite Cookbook' by Sunny Wear provides an in-depth, hands-on exploration of web application security, vulnerability assessment, and offensive exploitation techniques. Focusing on the critical weaknesses that plague modern dynamic websites, APIs, and cloud services, this guide delivers practical methodology for security testing.
Readers examine client-side and server-side flaw discovery, input validation bypasses, session hijacking, authorization flaws, injection attacks (SQLi, Command Injection), Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and automated scanning with industry-standard tools like Burp Suite and OWASP ZAP. Practical labs and vulnerability reporting guidelines are emphasized.
A valuable guide for penetration testers, bug bounty hunters, and web developers striving to build resilient, hardened web applications.
Contents at a Glance
Chapter 1: Getting Started with Burp Suite Community & Professional
Chapter 2: Configuring the Proxy and Intercepting HTTP/HTTPS Traffic
Chapter 3: Target Scope Definition and Site Mapping
Chapter 4: Automated Vulnerability Scanning with Burp Scanner
Chapter 5: Fuzzing and Payload Injection with Burp Intruder
Chapter 6: Fine-Tuning Requests with Burp Repeater
Chapter 7: Analyzing Entropy and Token Randomness with Burp Sequencer
Chapter 8: Encoding and Decoding Payloads with Burp Decoder
Chapter 9: Extending Burp Suite with BApp Store & Custom Python/Java Extensions
Index & Further Reading