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If you are not able to intercept some mobile applications, the reason may be some of the applications are using https protocol and the application for which burp suite worked, it might be used http protocol.
To intercept traffic for mobile application with https APIs, run the burp suite and open it in browser.
Suppose you are running it on 8080 port (Default), open url http://localhost:8080 in browser.
It will look like this.
.der file will be downloaded. Convert the file into pem file
Browse this pem file in your mobile device and add into 'Add certificate' option of your device. In android device, you can find the option under Settings > Security or Settings > WLAN > More > Advanced > Install certificates
Once certificate will be installed, you may get notification about network monitoring.
Now try to intercept the app again, it should work fine.
Note : This tutorial is for ethical penetration testing purpose.
If you are not able to intercept some mobile applications, the reason may be some of the applications are using https protocol and the application for which burp suite worked, it might be used http protocol.
To intercept traffic for mobile application with https APIs, run the burp suite and open it in browser.
Suppose you are running it on 8080 port (Default), open url http://localhost:8080 in browser.
It will look like this.
.der file will be downloaded. Convert the file into pem file
openssl x509 -inform der -in /root/Documents/cacert.der -out /tmp/burp.pem
Browse this pem file in your mobile device and add into 'Add certificate' option of your device. In android device, you can find the option under Settings > Security or Settings > WLAN > More > Advanced > Install certificates
Once certificate will be installed, you may get notification about network monitoring.
Now try to intercept the app again, it should work fine.
Note : This tutorial is for ethical penetration testing purpose.
