Cyber-espionage, particularly for gathering economic intelligence, no longer looms on the horizon – according to the US government it is now a clear and present danger. Ellen Nakashima, a security reporter for The Washington Post, provided a brief summary of the findings of the National…
Acunetix Partner Intouch World to Participate in the Jailbreak Session at Nullcon Goa
International Security Conference Begins 27 February Acunetix partner Intouch World, a multi service, professional IT consulting organization based in Bangalore, India, will participate in the Jailbreak Session at Nullcon Goa 2013. Nullcon Goa is an international security conference for CXOs, Security Researchers, IT Professionals and…
Incident Response Plan Template – The Essential Elements
Incident response is the art (and science) of responding to computer security-related breaches. Interestingly, most organizations I deal with don’t have a documented incident response plan. The last thing you want to do during and after a security breach is figure out the best approach…
Better Evaluation with the Latest Acunetix WVS Build
We are pleased to announce a new release of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner version 8 – build 20130205 – which provides a better evaluation experience by reporting all the vulnerabilities that are present in your web application. This new build also includes other minor product…
There’s no Guarantee of Security
When it comes to the web, there’s never a guarantee of complete security. In fact, a clean bill of health doesn’t mean you truly have a clean bill of health. Similar to how a blood test or MRI scan cannot possibly find all health-related problems…
Protect Young Entrepreneur Start-up Business Websites with Acunetix
Young entrepreneurs in England looking to finance a new business should investigate the UK government’s Start-Up Loans program. Previously available only to people between the ages of 18 and 24 living in Britain, the government recently increased the age limit for applicants to 30. Start-Up…
MasterCard Suffer Online Attack
The multinational financial services corporation MasterCard has become one of the first hacking victims of 2013. The attack was performed by the Syrian Electronic Army who managed to submit a blog post with the title “Hacked By Syrian Electronic Army” after breaching the security of MasterCard’s…
How to Set (and Keep) Your Web Security Goals for 2013
Can you believe it’s time again for those New Year’s resolutions? It’s always great to start the New Year with a fresh set of to-do items that you’re finally going to get around to doing. The problem, however, is that when we set “resolutions”, the…
What if you Really Don’t have Anything Attackers Would Want?
I often make the argument that even if you don’t believe you have anything of value on your website, bad things can still happen. So, what exactly does this mean? Well, it’s not going to be the end of the world but having your website…