It is a common myth that early testing in the SDLC should be based on SAST and passive IAST tools. This myth has been repeated often by sources that do not follow the developments of web application security and are unaware of the evolution of…
Frequently Asked Questions about Acunetix
Will Acunetix remove vulnerabilities from my web application just as my antivirus does? Web application security vulnerabilities are very different from malware. They are programming bugs – introduced by the application creators themselves, not by malicious parties. Therefore, the only way to remove them is…
John Andrews Joins Invicti Security as VP of Global Channel
Security industry veteran brings deep experience in partner enablement AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 25, 2021 — Invicti Security™, a leader in Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST) and Interactive Application Security Testing (IAST) today announced John Andrews has joined the leadership team as Vice President of Global…
New VP of Global Channel for Invicti Security
Invicti Security is very excited to have John Andrews join us as the Vice President of Global Channel for Acunetix and Netsparker. John joined Invicti in February and brings his 20+ years of experience building growth relationships with a variety of partner types, including distribution,…
WAF Security – Getting the Most out of Your Web Application Firewall
Web application firewalls (WAFs) are one of many web application security solutions at your disposal. Unfortunately, buyers often don’t understand their purpose and treat them as a direct replacement for other classes of tools, for example, web vulnerability scanners such as Acunetix. The two classes…
Vulnerability Scanning Tools – Why Not Open-Source?
With the immense popularity of open-source software such as Linux, WordPress, or Magento, you might wonder why the situation is so different in the world of web application security. Let’s try to compare open-source vulnerability scanners with commercial solutions and it will soon be clear…
The Acunetix REST API
In addition to the user-friendly Acunetix user interface, all Acunetix functionality is also available through a built-in REST API. The REST API is available immediately upon installation and requires no configuration at all. All you need to do is open the Acunetix GUI to get…
Acunetix update introduces Node.js AcuSensor, target knowledge base, and multiple unrestricted access vulnerability checks
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…