---
id: 500
title: "[MoBP] Sucky scanners"
source_domain: portswigger.net
source_url: "https://portswigger.net/blog/mobp-sucky-scanners"
published_at: "2008-11-16T10:30:00Z"
tags: ["burp-suite", "vulnerability-scanning", "portswigger", "opinion", "burp-scanner"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/500"
lang: en
---

# [MoBP] Sucky scanners

## Summary

A pre-announcement rant lists common complaints about commercial web scanners: slowness, false positives, missed low-hanging fruit, vague reporting and high prices - teasing Burp Scanner as the answer.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** portswigger.net
- **Published:** 2008-11-16T10:30:00Z
- **Original:** https://portswigger.net/blog/mobp-sucky-scanners
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/500