The internet waters aren’t safe anymore as malware and hackers prowl online businesses. Just when you think you have things ticking over nicely, bam! you have a website virus! Website viruses can show up and set you back for weeks in functionality and reputation. The…
Acunetix to be Exhibited at the All-Energy 2011 Event
Acunetix reseller DMC Technology-Scotland will be exhibiting Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner at the All-Energy 2011 Exhibition and Conference. The event will be held at on the 18th – 20th May 2011 at the Aberdeen Pavilion, AECC., Scotland. Head over to DMC Technology-Scotland at stand AB16 to have your…
Cross Site Scripting Attacks
Hackers are constantly experimenting with a wide repertoire of hacking techniques to compromise websites and web applications and make off with a treasure trove of sensitive data including credit card numbers, social security numbers and even medical records. Cross Site Scripting (also known as XSS…
You can’t change what you tolerate
Attending a recent meeting I heard one of the speakers say “You can’t change what you tolerate.” Apparently it’s a quote from Cesar Millan (the dog whisperer) but it really struck a chord in me regarding web application security and overall information risk management. How…
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 build 20110308 released
An updated build of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 was released. This new build features a number of new security checks, automatic crawling and scanning of SVN repositories, improved Cross-site scripting checks and a number of bug fixes. New feature: Acunetix WVS will parse…
Acunetix voted Windowsecurity.com Readers’ Choice Award Winner for the Fourth Time
For the fourth time in a row, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Chosen as the Windowsecurity.Com Readers’ Choice Award Winner. The 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…
How to Avoid the Google Blacklist
In the ‘old days’ – around 4 to 6 years ago, when the Google Blacklist was less of a news item – hackers were primarily interested in stealing customer data from websites. They would cause absolute havoc after breaking in, stealing anything from customer credit card…
Testing for weak passwords: a common oversight without a great solution
Typically when we think of Web security testing vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting and so on come to mind. Rightly so, the flaws resulting from poor input validation alone are still a large part of the problem. But there’s another Web security vulnerability…
Acunetix WVS Version 7 build 20110209 released
An updated build of Acunetix WVS Version 7 was released. With this new build, you can generate PCI 2.0 compliance reports and CWE/SANS top 25 reports. The Input Fields feature was also enhanced, and now it supports wildcards and prioritization of input fields. New features:…