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Acunetix 7 makes web application security checking easier and more cost effective
September 1, 2010 – 1:55 pm | No Comment
Acunetix 7 makes web application security checking easier and more cost effective

New scanning engine with improved vulnerability detection AND verification makes finding and fixing security issues in web applications easier.
London, 1st September 2010 – Acunetix, a market leader in web application security scanning technology, today announced …

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VIDEO: What’s new in Acunetix WVS v7?
August 26, 2010 – 9:40 pm | No Comment

Check out this 4 minutes YouTube video to find out what’s new in the new and revolutionary Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7.

Click here to watch the high quality version of this video

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Acunetix WVS V7 RC1 is available
August 25, 2010 – 8:53 pm | No Comment
Acunetix WVS V7 RC1 is available

The Release Candidate build for Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 (20100825) is now available for download.  All of the bugs reported during the Beta were fixed.  We also added some improvements in this RC …

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Acunetix WVS Version 7 BETA 2 is available
August 18, 2010 – 4:54 pm | 3 Comments
Acunetix WVS Version 7 BETA 2 is available

An updated build of Acunetix WVS Version 7 BETA has been released.  This build includes the following number of improvements:

Improved Cross-Site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities detection scripts
Improved blind SQLl injection vulnerability checks to reduce false positives
Added …

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Creating custom vulnerability checks for Acunetix WVS Version 7
August 10, 2010 – 9:11 pm | 2 Comments
Creating custom vulnerability checks for Acunetix WVS Version 7

Vulnerability checks in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner version 7 consists of two files;

*.script – The actual vulnerability check written in JavaScript.  Such scripts are stored in the ‘\Data\Scripts\’ sub directory in the Acunetix WVS installation …

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Acunetix WVS Version 7 BETA is available!
August 10, 2010 – 9:10 pm | 2 Comments
Acunetix WVS Version 7 BETA is available!

A new version of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner is available in beta, and what a version!
It has been one long year of development, testing and late nights at the office, though it was all worth …

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Manual crawling with HTTP Sniffer Tool
August 10, 2010 – 6:06 pm | No Comment
Manual crawling with HTTP Sniffer Tool

It is possible to manually crawl your website using a web browser. From these manually crawled links, then it is possible to build a website structure which the final scan will target.  This is useful …

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HTTP Editor Tool
August 9, 2010 – 10:33 pm | No Comment
HTTP Editor Tool

The HTTP Editor tool allows you to create, analyze and edit client HTTP requests and server responses. This allows you to further fine tune attacks and check if vulnerabilities were solved.
You can start the HTTP …

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Authentication Tester Tool
August 9, 2010 – 9:58 pm | No Comment
Authentication Tester Tool

The Authentication Tester tool in Acunetix WVS is used to test the strength of both usernames and passwords within HTTP and web forms authentication environments via a dictionary attack.

Testing HTTP Authentication

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Blind SQL Injector Tool
August 9, 2010 – 8:17 pm | No Comment
Blind SQL Injector Tool

Ideal for penetration testers, the Blind SQL injector is an automated database data extraction tool. By importing SQL injections discovered when scanning a website, you can see what a serious impact an SQL injection can …

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