London, June 3 2014 – Invicti, a global leader in web application security scanning has announced its renewed partnership with ComGuard, a leading value-added distributor for Networking and IT Security Products in the MENA Region. This collaboration will continue to allow organizations of all sizes, as well as security…
Invicti WVS v9.5 build 20140602 includes new vulnerability checks for popular web applications and platforms
Invicti Web Vulnerability Scanner version 9.5, build 20140602, identifies new vulnerabilities in Google Web Toolkitâ˘, Joomla!, Parallels Plesk, nginx, and a number of WordPress plugins including the popular All in One SEO plugin. The following is the full list of updates included in this release….
Getting Back to Basics with Web Security
Itâs usually the simple things in life that create the most problems – weâve all learned this universal law the hard way. Be it slick tires when driving in the rain, that extra decimal point when doing our taxes, or a bad Ethernet patch cable…
Patching Servers is Not Enough
Patches and vulnerabilities Patches are pieces of code designed to fix âbugsâ, enable additional functionality or address security flaws in operating systems and applications. Timely installation of patches on web servers and applications is generally recognized as critical to the success of website availability and…
Taking Politics out of the Web Security Equation
Web security is complicated enough. Adding a healthy dose of politics, like what exists in most organizations, often proves to be more than IT professionals can handle. Most problems in life are either financial, health, or people-related. Itâs the people part of the equation in…
Drop by the Invicti Stand at OWASP AppSec EU 2014
Invicti will be sponsoring and exhibiting at this yearâs OWASP AppSec EU. The event will be held from 23rd till 26th June at Anglia Ruskin Universityâs Cambridge campus in the United Kingdom. OWASP is an open-source application security organization made up of security professionals from…
Why you should be Concerned about Web Security
Ever since the Heartbleed bug disaster, youâd think companies are becoming more vigilant with their web security plan. Recent events seem to show evidence to the contrary, with millions of usersâ data left exposed to cyber-attacks on popularly used websites, including a government website and…
Analysis of an Intrusion: Backdoors
The concept of âBackdoorâ has seen many interpretations during the relatively short history of the Internet. Microsoft defines Backdoors as âA hidden entrance to a computer system that can be used to bypass security policiesâ, and, in essence, that is what they are. A Backdoor…
Core Causes of Web Security Risks and What You Can do About Them
Samuel Johnson, an 18th century lexicographer, once said âThe chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.â Thatâs precisely what weâre seeing with web security today. We get caught up in our day-to-day work and the…