As part of my job here at Acunetix, from time to time I analyze source code looking for security problems. Using this information I adjust Acunetix WVS to detect these problems automatically (when it’s possible).
Monday, …

The year debuted with ‘Operation Aurora‘: Google and over 30 other companies were hit by a spear phishing attack which resulted in theft of intellectual property from Google and probably other companies. Spear phishing is a targeted …

When it comes to Web security why is it we always seem to focus on layer 7 only? Sure, it can be argued that XSS, SQL injection, flawed application logic and so on are the …

The next version of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (version 7), will contain a much more improved HTTP stack.   While testing, we wanted to test the new HTTP stack on as many sites as possible to …

An updated build of Acunetix WVS Version 6.5 has been released with a number of new security checks and bug fixes.

New security checks:

Test for File Upload IIS bug filename.asp;.jpg
Test for WP-Forum 2.3 vulnerabilities
JBoss rmi ping …