A new Acunetix update has been released for Windows, Linux, and macOS: 13.0.210129162. This Acunetix update introduces AcuSensor for Node.js and a feature called target knowledge base, which holds data from past scans and helps improve future scans. We also made fully qualified domain names…
Managing scans using Python and the Acunetix API
In the two previous installments of this series, we have shown you how to manage Acunetix scans using Bash and PowerShell together with the Acunetix API. In this article, you will learn how to do the same using Python. As an example, we will create…
Web API security with Acunetix
It’s no secret – application programming interfaces are everywhere. Many complex web applications are based on microservices, which use APIs to work with one another. Mobile apps and IoT devices also use APIs to communicate with their back-ends. Not to mention that almost every online…
Scanning authenticated web assets with the Login Sequence Recorder
Most web applications and websites require some form of authentication – either as a whole or in an area. Many web vulnerability scanners struggle with such authenticated web assets. While some scanners are able to detect standard authentication forms and mechanisms, in the case of…
Why Developers Shun Security and What You Can Do about It
The Linux Foundation and the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard recently released a Report on the 2020 Free/Open-Source Software Contributor Survey. One of the primary conclusions of this report was the fact that free/open-source software developers often have a very negative approach to security….
Cache poisoning denial-of-service attack techniques
Attacks related to cache poisoning represent a clearly visible web security trend that has emerged in recent years. The security community continues to research this area, finding new ways to attack. As part of the recent release of Acunetix, we have added new checks related…
2020 – The Year in Review
The year 2020 won’t go down in history as one of the best, for sure. However, it has actually led to some positive developments. Let us take a look at 2020 in the world of web application security, share our own experiences, and point out…
Managing scans using PowerShell and the Acunetix API
In the previous installment of this series, we have shown you how to manage Acunetix scans using Bash and the Acunetix API. In this article, you will learn how to do the same using PowerShell. As an example, we will create a PowerShell V7 script…
Acunetix update introduces support for macOS Big Sur, support for ShadowRoot, improved CSRF token handling, and new vulnerability checks
A new Acunetix update has been released for Windows, Linux and macOS: 13.0.201217092. This Acunetix update introduces support for macOS Big Sur, ShadowRoot, and includes a substantial improvement in the handling of CSRF tokens. It also introduces the detection of web cache poisoning DoS, client-side…