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PortSwigger Burp Suite

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What is PortSwigger Burp Suite?

The Burp Suite, from UK-based alcohol-themed software company PortSwigger Web Security, is an application security and testing solution.

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What is PortSwigger Burp Suite?

The Burp Suite, from UK-based alcohol-themed software company PortSwigger Web Security, is an application security and testing solution.

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The Burp Suite, from UK-based alcohol-themed software company PortSwigger Web Security, is an application security and testing solution.

Reviewers rate Support Rating highest, with a score of 10.

The most common users of PortSwigger Burp Suite are from Enterprises (1,001+ employees).
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Burp Suite is widely used by various teams and departments within organizations for conducting dynamic security testing, or DAST, on websites and web applications. With its quick and efficient security review process, the software has proven to be a valuable tool in identifying and resolving security issues before they are moved to production. Users have found that Burp Suite produces easily understandable reports, allowing developers to identify and address vulnerabilities effectively.

Security consultants rely on Burp Suite for comprehensive security testing of both internal and external-facing web applications. The software consistently helps in finding valid and relevant bugs, enabling the consultants to provide accurate vulnerability assessments. Additionally, the vulnerability assessment team utilizes Burp Suite extensively as one of their primary tools for evaluating the security of over 300 public-facing websites.

One of the key benefits of Burp Suite is its ability to proactively identify security defects before they can be exploited. By using the software, teams can discover vulnerabilities early on and implement necessary fixes promptly. This approach ensures that applications are secure and protected from potential attacks.

Another advantage of Burp Suite is its wide range of tools for testing different types of attacks in web applications. Whether it's running automated scans for common bugs or performing manual inspections and manipulations of HTTP requests, users find Burp Suite to be reliable and effective. The software's lightweight nature allows it to be easily installed on various systems, making it accessible for testing both internal and external-facing applications.

While not intended for use by the entire organization due to its potential impact on production environments, Burp Suite is highly regarded by cybersecurity departments for its effectiveness in exploiting applications. Security professionals and application developers also utilize the software to test security features and intercept HTTP requests for inspection and manipulation.

In summary, Burp Suite plays a vital role in conducting dynamic security testing and vulnerability assessments for websites and web applications. Its user-friendly reports, comprehensive bug detection capabilities, proactive defect identification, wide range of tools, and accessibility make it a preferred choice for security consultants and teams across organizations.

Users commonly recommend the following:

  1. BurpSuite is recommended for web application pentesting and security testing. Users suggest using BurpSuite to find vulnerabilities in web applications and improve their integrity and confidentiality. It is advised to try out the free version before purchasing the professional license. Furthermore, users suggest following OWASP guidelines for securing web and mobile applications when using BurpSuite.

  2. BurpSuite is highly recommended as a testing tool for both web and mobile applications. Users find it valuable for manual testing, as it allows them to intercept browser and mobile application traffic and scan for vulnerabilities. They also highlight its power in finding gaps and misconfigurations in application setups.

  3. Users recommend using BurpSuite for application assessment, vulnerability scanning, and automated scans with reports. They describe it as a must-have tool for web application security assessment and testing due to its ability to find flaws in the setup of applications.

Overall, users find BurpSuite beneficial in identifying vulnerabilities, improving security, and performing comprehensive assessments of web and mobile applications.

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Score 10 out of 10
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Verified User
Incentivized
Working in application security, I use Burp Suite to proxy my internet traffic for inspection and manipulation to help test for security vulnerabilities. The other tool that comes to mind is OWASP ZAP, but overall Burp is generally considered to be the best tool out there for application security testers.
  • Fuzzing requests for vulnerabilities
  • Intercepting requests
  • Great extensions through the store that extend functionality
  • Personally I have more trouble than I should getting the scope set just how I need it to filter out junk traffic like Google and Firefox background noise
Burp is great for all web application testing. If that is what you are doing I can't think of a scenario where it wouldn't work for you.
  • Very affordable for a security tool
  • All-in-one tool for web app testing
The only other tool I use that works like Burp Suite is the OWASP ZAP. It works a lot like Burp but just has a different layout. I prefer how Burp has the tabs for Repeater, Intruder, Decoder, ect.
Never needed additional support for Burp. They have useful help documents in the application.
After setting up your browser correctly it is a basic and easy tool to use.
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
BurpSuite is being used in our organization for performing penetration testing on internal as well as external-facing applications. It is a very light-weight tool which can be installed on almost any system (even legacy systems) and be utilized to exploit the applications. The software is being used by one of the departments within our organization which is working on the cybersecurity side. The application is not intended to be used by the whole organization since it contains malicious payloads which when deployed in the production department can bring the whole environment to a halt.
  • Automated as well as manual testing can be performed form a single tool. Usually, in the industry, automated and manual tools are available but in different tools. However, BurpSuite is a master tool which can perform both of the tasks.
  • Spidering feature: The spidering feature of BurpSuite is one of the most renowned features of this software. It contains an automated and manual process which completely scan a website end to end and shows you a flow chart which beautifully represents the entire workflow and all of this can be done on a click of automated spidering.
  • Acts as an amazing proxy service: BurpSuite helps you proxy all the web-based requests which can even be modified when sent or received. Unlike other proxies, this proxy works without fail. So it is highly reliable.
  • The interface is a big problem: No matter how many features a software provides you, if the features are not well presented, you will miss most of them when they are actually required. The presentation of the software should be improvised and made more presentable.
  • Tutorial videos for beginners: This software lacks a lot in tutorials. A beginner almost wastes most of the time in finding and understanding the features and the implementation of the same. The software vendor should work on providing more in-depth videos so that people can learn and understand the concepts.
BurpSuite is well suited in scenarios where the user is actually trying to exploit internal applications. The controls of internal applications can always be modified and made to suit the environment of the pen-testing. However, if this was for external applications, this tool can lock out the application since it has no control over the number and time of tries. A professional can, however, use it and make the necessary changes for the external applications but it can be risky at the time, so I would recommend it to be used only on internal/non-production applications.
  • No negative impact has been made by this application.
These tools are used in conjunction with BurpSuite and help improvising the security drill.
BurpSuite does not have an amazing customer support. All the major help that you will find is from public forums and Google. Although you will find all the required information on Google, still at time professional support helps you solve the problem in much less time and make your operations go smoothly.
Tejas Gandhi | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Incentivized
Burp Suite is a web application security testing tool. As a security consultant, I have used Burp Suite for security testing for web applications of our clients and also for my own personal research.
  • First of all, it is possible to carry out manual security tests of web applications and mobile applications using this tool. The advantage is that you can also securely test the vulnerabilities related to the business logic of these apps.
  • It uses a local proxy, so it allows you to intercept the traffic of the applications to find vulnerabilities.
  • Its also allows you to manipulate the attribute fields of intercepted traffic to find any flaws inside applications.
  • Doesn't describe how to test different vulnerabilities, which can be challenging if you are a new user of this tool.
  • The community edition provides a limited number of features compared to the professional edition. Since many researchers use the community edition for security testing, they should provide more features which would be helpful.
Burp Suite is well-suited for doing testing of applications the way researchers want, in contrast to other automated security testing tools which perform tests of well-known vulnerabilities. In comparison to automated security testing tools, Burp Suite takes more time to perform the test as its a manual testing tool which can be a drawback if tests are to be carried out quickly.
  • It's a great security and testing tool that can be beneficial to any organization.
I haven't had to use support.
Given this tool's wide area of testing functionality for mobile and web applications, it's a great tool to invest in for security testing. Though it lacks documentation to carry out particular vulnerability findings which are very challenging for a new user of this tool.
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