Opinion: DevOps are simply afraid of trying something new. They are used to Selenium tests that hog the pipelines and provide hard-to-interpret results but at the same time they often shun DAST testing, which is nowhere near as troublesome. Recently, I had an interesting discussion…
Acunetix introduces Docker support, scan statistics, and the ability to send vulnerabilities to the AWS WAF
A new Acunetix update has been released for Windows, Linux, and macOS: 14.2.210503151. This Acunetix update introduces Docker support, a new Scan Statistics page that is shown for each scan, and the ability to send vulnerability information to the AWS WAF. Customers sending vulnerabilities to…
WAF integration: Acunetix and F5 BigIP ASM
The Acunetix API gives you the opportunity to automate tasks to increase efficiency – especially when you can accelerate the integration of functionality with other components of your workflow. In this example, we will build on a previous article, where we’ve shown you how to…
Miscommunication is at the heart of AppSec challenges
Miscommunication breaks things in business. Whether it’s unintentional – based on assumptions or intentional – driven by political motivations, miscommunication is at the heart of most challenges in business today. In our line of work, there’s hardly any more obvious form of miscommunication than what…
Remote debuggers as an attack vector
Over the course of the past year, our team added many new checks to the Acunetix scanner. Several of these checks were related to the debug modes of web applications as well as components/panels used for debugging. These debug modes and components/panels often have misconfigurations,…
What is the Acunetix target knowledge base
With the latest update to Acunetix, we introduced a new feature called the target knowledge base. Every time you scan a target, Acunetix gathers and stores information about it. This information includes paths that make up the site structure, the location of forms and their…
Acunetix by Invicti exhibiting at RSA Conference 2021
This year we will be exhibiting at RSA Conference 2021 on May 17–20 as Invicti, the company behind Acunetix. The RSA Conference is one of the most important and largest cybersecurity conferences dating back to 1991. During RSA you’ll gain actionable insights from hundreds of…
Most common security vulnerabilities – Acunetix Web Application Vulnerability Report 2021
Every year, Acunetix brings you an analysis of the most common web security vulnerabilities and network perimeter vulnerabilities. Our annual Web Application Vulnerability Report (now part of the Invicti AppSec Indicator) is based on real data taken from Acunetix Online. We randomly select websites and…
Invicti Security reports on lost year in web application security
Covid-19, remote work, and economic headwinds interrupted progress, putting businesses and consumers at risk AUSTIN, TEXAS – April 13, 2021 – Invicti Security™, a global leader in web application security, today released the spring volume of its Invicti AppSec Indicator Report, which examines the prevalence…