500m users affected in giant Yahoo hack and lawsuits already filed The latest breach to be dubbed ‘the biggest breach ever’ is the newly revealed theft of the data 500 million Yahoo users, which took place in 2014. Yahoo admitted this news just last week, revealing that the data includes names, telephone numbers, email addresses, […]
Acunetix announces Chris Martin as new CEO
CEO Nick Galea to preside over Acunetix as Chairman London, UK – September 2016 – Acunetix is delighted to announce the appointment of Chris Martin as its new CEO, effective 1st September 2016. Chris was promoted from his position as General Manager and is to take over from Nick Galea, who will be presiding over […]
Visit Acunetix at Gitex Technology Week 2016
Acunetix will be present at the 36th Gitex Technology Week in partnership with regional distributors EMT Technology Distribution and Bulwark Technologies to be held at the Dubai World Trade Center. With IT spending in the Middle East projected to reach US $212.9 billion in 2016, a 3.7 percent increase from 2015, GITEX Technology Week as the largest regional […]
Bulwark signs distribution agreement with Acunetix
Specialized Security VAD to distribute and promote Acunetix Vulnerability Scanning software London, UK – September 2016 – Acunetix, the pioneer in web application security, has signed a distribution agreement with Bulwark Technologies. Under this agreement, Bulwark’s channel partners will offer the vendor’s web application security solutions to enterprise customers across the Middle East. As cyber […]
it-sa 2016 – IT Security Congress and Expo
Acunetix will be exhibiting at it-sa for the second year running, in partnership with VOQUZ. it-sa is the only IT security exhibition in the German-speaking region and one of the most important worldwide events. Whether cloud computing, IT forensics, data security or hosting, the exhibition is a unique platform for IT security officers, developers and […]
Acunetix to exhibit at New York Metro Joint Cyber Security Conference
Acunetix together with partners Winmill Software will be exhibiting at the 3rd annual New York Metro Joint Cyber Security Conference to be held on the 5th October 2016 at 11 Times Square, New York City, USA. The event is a collaborative event of leading professional associations in the New York City Metropolitan that each play a critical […]
Acunetix to exhibit at Appsec USA 2016
Acunetix together with Winmill Software will be exhibiting at Appsec USA 2016 to be held on the 13th and 14th October 2016, in Washington DC, USA. OWASP’s 13th Annual AppSecUSA Security Conference is the premier application security conference for developers and security experts. Visitors can hear inspirational talks from YouTube’s Favorite Hacker, Former DHS NCSD Director […]
33% of websites and webapps are vulnerable to XSS
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) is a much talked-about type of injection vulnerability that occurs on the client-side (that is, in a user’s browser). It occurs, predominantly through the use of JavaScript due to its prevalence in most browsing experiences. Cross-site Scripting can be classified into four major categories – Stored XSS, Reflected XSS, DOM-based XSS and […]
SQL injection slowly receding, but still a major concern
SQL injection (SQLi) is a frequent topic on this blog – it refers to an injection attack that allows an attacker to execute malicious SQL statements that allow the attacker to control a web application’s database server. Since an SQL injection vulnerability could possibly affect any website or web application that makes use of an […]
Second Web App Security Report by Acunetix shows 55% of websites have severe vulnerabilities (& rising)
Vulnerabilities grow by 9% in past 12 months as companies demand faster application release cycles London, UK – August 2016 – Acunetix, the pioneer in automated web application security software, announces its annual Web App Security Report 2016. Statistics reveal that high-severity vulnerabilities are on the rise and are now present in the majority of […]