In web application security, I’ve been exploring Burp Suite Community Edition to understand how attackers think — and how we, as defenders, can protect our systems.
This week, I learned how brute force attacks work using Burp Suite's Intruder tool. In simple terms, brute forcing is when an attacker tries many different username/password combinations until one works.
Here are my Takeaways from This Lab session.
Brute force can flood a server with repeated login attempts — this is dangerous if misused.
It doesn’t harm your own system directly, but it can get your IP blocked if done on live websites.
Testing without permission is illegal and can lead to serious consequences. That's why I used a legal environment (PortSwigger Lab).
I am super excited for the Task ahead in Finding Bugs in a web application
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