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Introduction to Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner
Introduction to Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner
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Acunetix WVS Program Overview
The following pages briefly explain the main WVS tools and features:
Web Scanner
Screenshot 1 - Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner
The Web Scanner
is the most important component
–
it
launches
the
automated security audit of a website. The automated scan consists of two
phases:
1. Crawling – This discovery phase will automatically analyze the website and
build a site structure.
2. Scanning –
A vulnerability scan consists of a series of attacks launched
against the crawled site structure, in effect, emulating a hacker.
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