Brute forcing it with Burp Suite

We are going to show how to attack a basic authentication using Burp Suite. Imagine we have a domestic router that is used to provide us with the internet in our home. Most of these devices use basic authentication. So, access to the URL router and the web browser will display a window, as in the following screenshot:

Now, configure Burp Suite to intercept the credentials sent to the server, as demonstrated in the following screenshot:

Here, you can see the parameter authorization in the header. So, copy the ...

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