Burp Suite

Burp Suite is a testing tool primarily used for web application security assessment and penetration testing. It is designed for identifying and addressing security vulnerabilities in web applications.

Burp Suite offers both a free Community Edition and a paid Professional Edition. The Professional Edition includes advanced features and is typically used by security professionals for more comprehensive testing.

Features

Proxy: Burp acts as a web proxy, intercepting and manipulating HTTP requests and responses, allowing security professionals to inspect and modify web traffic. FoxyProxy is a nice tool to use Burp Suite.

Scanner: It includes an automated vulnerability scanner to identify common web application security issues, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting (XSS), and more.

Intruder: Burp's Intruder tool enables users to perform extensive automated testing, such as brute force attacks, fuzzing, and parameter manipulation, to identify vulnerabilities.

Repeater: This tool allows testers to manually modify and replay individual HTTP requests to analyze and understand web application behavior.

Sequencer: It can analyze the randomness and unpredictability of tokens and session identifiers in web applications.

Extensions: Burp supports a wide range of extensions that can be used to enhance its functionality, and many are available through its extensive community.