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Pentester Builds Custom Listener After Burp Fails

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

A pentester spent three days unable to capture traffic on a financial app due to proxy issues, despite reinstalling certs and adjusting settings. They built a browser extension to capture requests, then a local listener to store them, overcoming CORS. The custom setup worked where Burp and Caido failed, capturing traffic for a two-role app with 200+ endpoints.

Meridian48 take
This is a practical workaround for a common pentesting pain point, but it's a niche developer story, not a major tech trend.
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