From the course: Android App Security: A Structured Approach to Pen Testing
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Introduction to Burp Suite - Android Tutorial
From the course: Android App Security: A Structured Approach to Pen Testing
Introduction to Burp Suite
- [Instructor]] Let us start with the second domain of Android application pen testing, that is communication security. In this entire section, we will be using Burp Suite as our tool of choice. So let us understand how Burp Suite works. Burp Suite happens to be one of the most famous penetration testing tool. It is basically the bread and butter of every pen tester out there. So, if you dream to be a pen tester, you need to learn how Burp Suite works. Using Burp Suite, we'll test the security of the network communication that happens between the Android application and the application server. What Burp Suite basically does, is creates a proxy between the application and the application server. We will also use a custom SSL certificate to enable the interception of SSL-encrypted requests. What we will do is perform a man-in-the-middle attack to intercept, monitor, modify, and retransmit the data traveling between…
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