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FAQ: Should I scan a website through a web application firewall?
May 25, 2010 – 6:58 pm | 5 Comments
FAQ: Should I scan a website through a web application firewall?

Unfortunately, security scans are frequently launched against a website or web application sitting behind a web application firewall, or some other kind of web security gateway device.  A website audit performed for a website through a …

Third Annual Meetings of Heads of Information Systems Security RSSI’2010
May 24, 2010 – 8:18 pm | One Comment
Third Annual Meetings of Heads of Information Systems Security RSSI’2010

Acunetix reseller Hat Web Security Labs will be exhibiting Acunetix WVS in the Third Annual Meetings of Heads of Information Systems Security RSSI’2010.  The event will take place between 3rd and 4th of June 2010 …

Acunetix WVS helps Digicure discover web vulnerabilities
May 20, 2010 – 6:21 pm | No Comment
Acunetix WVS helps Digicure discover web vulnerabilities

A proper web security audit is a mixture of automated and manual tests; Acunetix WVS provides a comprehensive tool for automated testing purposes and useful toolbox Digicure can use for manual penetration testing as well.  …

SQL Injection hits again; 168,000 personal records exposed
May 18, 2010 – 9:27 pm | No Comment
SQL Injection hits again; 168,000 personal records exposed

A hacker, who calls himself “ins3cted”, has demonstrated to Webwereld via video how by exploiting a simple SQL injection, he can retrieve 168,000 personal records from a Dutch website called Experience the OV (http://www.ervaarhetov.nl).
Citizens living …

Creating a Web security testing policy
May 11, 2010 – 7:07 pm | No Comment
Creating a Web security testing policy

If you’re reading this blog, Web security testing is undoubtedly on your radar. You may have an ongoing process for testing Web vulnerabilities but do you actually have a policy for it? I’m all …

CRLF Injection Attacks and HTTP Response Splitting
May 4, 2010 – 5:50 pm | One Comment

The CRLF Injection Attack (sometimes also referred to as HTTP Response Splitting) is a fairly simple, yet extremely powerful web attack.  Hackers are actively exploiting this web application vulnerability to perform a large variety of …