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Capturing traffic from my iphone for apps like Facebook, OLA cabs

ahelpyguy | Last updated: Apr 06, 2016 03:30PM UTC

Hello, I am new to Burp and I installed and used burp for my basic apps. I was able to capture everything for those apps. But whenever I try to use burp for apps like Facebook or OLA cabs in iphone, i am unable to capture anything. Even I tried to capture on android but unable to capture Facebook https traffic. How I should able to see FB or OLA cabs https traffic in Burp? Is it possible or not? Thanks Ahelpyguy

Liam, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Apr 07, 2016 09:36AM UTC

Hi Ahelpyguy Thanks for your message. It’s possible that the Facebook and OLA apps are not using the CA certificate that you have installed on the device. Some native apps use their own certificate trust store, and some implement certificate pinning to only trust specific server-side certificates. In this situation, breaking the SSL tunnel is non-trivial and may entail jailbreaking the device or using some other advanced tools. One of our users created a short video on the process of using other tools with an android device: https://vimeo.com/137672482 In the video they go over how to setup Android with ProxyDroid and FS Cert Installer to push HTTPS App traffic to Burp Suite. They also provided these basic instructions. Burp Suite Host: • Reset burp suite • Turn on listen to all interfaces Android Host: • Remove all User Certs • Stop task and remove data for ProxyDroid and FS Cert installer ( you can just uninstall reinstall ) • Put the phone in airplane mode then turn on WIFI • In FS Cert put in proxy IP and PORT then click the middle button Add CA and add it under WIFI Cert in the dropdown • Then click test chain and it should all be green yes for www.google.com • For Proxydroid just put in the IP and port and also tunnel DNS • Kill or reinstall any apps before you start to make sure they go through the proxy properly Please let us know if you need any further assistance.

Liam, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Feb 18, 2019 10:24AM UTC

Which version of Android are you using? Since Android Nougat, Android no longer trusts user or admin supplied CA certificates. Have you checked out this blog? https://blog.nviso.be/2018/01/31/using-a-custom-root-ca-with-burp-for-inspecting-android-n-traffic/

Burp User | Last updated: Nov 22, 2019 07:34AM UTC

Hi, @Liam Tai-Hogan The video is no longer available. Can you please provide a bit more detailed step which can help non-experience people like me to achieve this. Looking Forward to a reply. Also, @ahelpyguy if you have found a solution can you please share.

Денис | Last updated: Mar 12, 2022 08:22AM UTC

Hi, @Liam Tai-Hogan The video isnt available now. Can you please update the link

Ben, PortSwigger Agent | Last updated: Mar 14, 2022 10:06AM UTC

Hi Denis, Are you able to clarify what aspect you are looking for guidance on so that we can try and assist you with this?

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