Articles by Robert Abela
Question and Answer on Help Net Security; Google Hacking with Robert Abela, Acunetix Technical Manager. In this intervie we discuss:
The importance of Google for security research
What kind of information about a target a penetration can …
With the sharp increase of hacking attacks over the last couple of years, and the introduction of a number of regulatory compliance guidelines to follow, web application security has become a key concern for many …
An updated build of Acunetix WVS Version 6.5 has been released. This build includes a new feature and new security checks, improvements and addresses a number of bug fixes.
New Feature:
Added new option to export results …
Leading Windows Security resource site, WindowSecurity.com, announced today that Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner was selected the winner in the Web Application Security category of the WindowSecurity.com Readers’ Choice Awards for the third time in a …
In this short video we give a brief overview of web application security. We will see;
What is the difference between network security and web / web application security?
Why network firewalls and network security scanners are …
An updated build of Acunetix WVS Version 6.5 has been released. This build addresses a number of bug fixes , an updated Acunetix Firefox extension and a new security check.
New Security Check:
Test for Cross …
Although it is not a suggested operation, yes, you can still scan a website which has URL rewrite enabled without specifying any URL rewrite rules in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner. Unlike other scanners, Acunetix WVS …
An updated build of Acunetix WVS Version 6.5 has been released with a number of new security checks, improvements and bug fixes.
New security checks:
8.3 DOS filename source code disclosure
Apache Tomcat Directory Host Appbase authentication bypass …
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 …
An updated build for Acunetix WVS Version 6.5 has been released with a number of improvements, bug fixes, and a number of new security checks.
New security checks:
JBoss BSHDeployer MBean
JBoss checks from RedTeam’s paper
JBoss HttpAdaptor JMXInvokerServlet
JBoss …