Session Detection is the final step in the configuration of the Login Sequence Recorder (LSR). A valid Session Pattern is vital for a successful scan, as with it the scanner is able to identify whether it is authenticated or not. During a scan, the session…
Aleksei Tiurin Speaker at the OWASP Malta Chapter Meeting
Aleksei “GreenDog” Tiurin, Senior Security Researcher at Acunetix was one of the speakers at this year’s OWASP Malta Chapter held on Wednesday 19th December 2018. His lecture entitled “Reverse Proxies & Inconsistency” looked at the general processes and intricacies of proxy operations, while demonstrating the examples…
Happy Holidays from the Acunetix Team
May we take this opportunity to wish all our customers, partners and friends all the very best for 2019! At Acunetix Christmas is a special time for all departments to get together and enjoy a festive meal. Meanwhile the Development Team have kept up their…
New build checks for vulnerabilities in Apache products, Coldfusion, ACME mini_httpd and Spring Security
Acunetix version 12 (build 12.0.181218140 – Windows and Linux) has been released. This new build checks for vulnerabilities in Apache Solr, Apache mod_jk, Coldfusion, ACME mini_httpd, Spring Security. The new build also includes a number of updates and important fixes. The new vulnerability checks, updates…
Why Scoping Cookies to Parent Domains is a Bad Idea
When dealing with Web Application vulnerability assessments, it is very common to come across scenarios where for various reasons (business or otherwise) users decide to focus entirely on Medium or High severity vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection and XML External Entity Injection. As a result,…
What is Web Cache Poisoning?
How does Caching work? All forms of Caching in computer science, whether it be CPU cache, HTTP Web Server cache, Database cache and so on, aims to speed up response times for whatever is requested. Doing so helps reduce load as much as possible on…
Which Linux distributions can Acunetix be installed on?
Acunetix has been tested on the following Linux distributions: Ubuntu Desktop/Server 16.0.4 LTS or higher Suse Linux Enterprise Server 15 and openSUSE Leap 15.0 Acunetix may work on other Linux distributions. For example, we have a number of Acunetix users who installed Acunetix on Kali…
What is the difference between Acunetix for Windows and Acunetix for Linux?
The main difference is in the way that Acunetix is installed. The Windows version can be installed using the GUI installer, while the Linux version can be installed from Terminal. The Acunetix web UI is the same on Windows and Linux, and the same functionality…
New build updates DeepScan and LSR, introduces support for Swagger and Kerberos Auth
Acunetix version 12 (Windows build 12.0.181203110, Linux build 12.0.181204095) has been released. This new build includes updates to DeepScan and Login Sequence Recorder (LSR). It also introduces support for Swagger and Kerberos HTTP Authentication in the Windows version and introduces support for NTLM HTTP Authentication…