Acunetix were the proud sponsors of the 3rd Cyprus Penetration Testing Competition that took place on Sunday, October 8th at UCLan Cyprus. The event was organized by UCLan Cyprus and the University of Cyprus, under the auspices of the office of the Commissioner of Electronic Communications…
it-sa 2017 Highlights
Acunetix recently participated at it-sa 2017 in Nuremberg, Germany in partnership with VOQUZ, the Acunetix Expert Partners for Germany. While talking to visitors, VOQUZ, noted that IT compliance and data security were at the forefront of visitors’ minds, making Acunetix a fitting solution.
Cross-site Flashing (XSF) WordPress Vulnerability, Unpatched and Exploitable
WordPress, the content management system powering north of 28% of websites on the Internet, is certainly no stranger to providing timely security patches to its hundreds of millions of users when security researchers report them. This time however, things took a slightly different turn —…
Acunetix showcased at AISA National Conference 2017
emt Distribution, Acunetix distributors for Australia and New Zealand, recently exhibited at the AISA National Conference in Sydney 2017. Acunetix was showcased on Stand 21 together with Flexera and local security firm Airlock Digital. The distributors noted a diversity of attendees all eager to discuss…
Acunetix at Gitex Technology Week 2017
Acunetix was once again present at the 37th Gitex Technology Week, held at the Dubai World Trade Center, in partnership with regional distributors EMT Technology Distribution, between the 8th and 12th October, 2017 For 37 years, visionaries and tech pioneers have been descending on Dubai to witness first-hand…
New build adds detection for XSF vulnerabilities
Acunetix v11 (build 11.0.172901635) has been released. This new build includes new vulnerability checks for XSF Vulnerability in WordPress. Improves Joomla! and WordPress vulnerability checks, as well as and other bug fixes. Below is a full list of updates. New Features and Vulnerability Tests Added…
Free Acunetix Licenses for National Cyber Security Awareness Month 2017
National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) is upon us once again. This annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity is held every year in October. NCSAM is designed to engage and educate public and private sector partners through events and initiatives to…
Acunetix Security Hardening Guide
The following guide provides a series of recommendations for improving the security (“hardening”) of your Acunetix On-Premises installation. 1. Update to the current version It is recommended that you always run the latest version of Acunetix. Additionally, Acunetix periodically publishes updates, which may include fixes…
New build checks for vulnerabilities in Apache Struts and nginx, and improves Blind SQLi and RFI XSS checks
Acunetix v11 (build 11.0.172641450) has been released. This new build includes new vulnerability checks for Apache Struts and nginx. It also improves the detection of Blind SQL Injection and Remote File Inclusion XSS and improves support for large JavaScript files. Below is a full list…