Having a good antivirus solution gives a warm, fuzzy feeling of safety: you know that your assets are virus free and that your network is secure. However, most antivirus solutions cannot detect Remote Administration Tools (aka Remote Access Trojans or just RATs), because their structure…
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POS Security: Are my POS terminal credentials up for sale?
There is a black market for stolen credit card information: you can shop online for credit card data for prices between 20$ and 100$ per item. Underground websites like Silk Road (today Silk Road 2.0) offer the possibility to acquire this information anonymously (via The…
Acunetix Sponsors RSA Conference Asia Pacific & Japan 2014
Acunetix will be exhibiting as a Silver Sponsor at the RSA Conference in Singapore this year. The event will be held from 22nd till 23rd July at Marina Bay Sands. The conference will host a series of IT security-related workshops and conference tracks attracting industry…
E-commerce: The Real Cost of Convenience
The e-commerce business has been growing exponentially for the past 10 years. Hundreds of thousands of businesses have moved online and millions of users have taken their shopping to the Internet. During this rush, everyone seems to ignore security, as a concept and requirement. E-commerce…
Prevent Your Network Getting Hacked with a Free Acunetix Security Scan
Free scan will identify network security issues including the feared Heartbleed to allow businesses to fix them in time London, June 17, 2014 – The recent Heartbleed vulnerability has highlighted the urgent need for more network level security scanning. In view of this, Acunetix has…
Analysis of an Intrusion: DOS Attack
What is DOS? Denial of Service (DOS) attacks are a type of malicious activity aimed at disrupting the availability of a server or service so it can no longer deliver its functionality. Such attacks are motivated either politically (e.g. rival countries or rival parties), financially…
Acunetix and ComGuard Renew Partnership
London, June 3 2014 – Acunetix, a global leader in web application security scanning has announced its renewed partnership with ComGuard, a leading value-added distributor for Networking and IT Security Products in the MENA Region. This collaboration will continue to allow organizations of all sizes, as well as security…
Acunetix WVS v9.5 build 20140602 includes new vulnerability checks for popular web applications and platforms
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner version 9.5, build 20140602, identifies new vulnerabilities in Google Web Toolkit™, Joomla!, Parallels Plesk, nginx, and a number of WordPress plugins including the popular All in One SEO plugin. The following is the full list of updates included in this release….
Patching Servers is Not Enough
Patches and vulnerabilities Patches are pieces of code designed to fix ‘bugs’, enable additional functionality or address security flaws in operating systems and applications. Timely installation of patches on web servers and applications is generally recognized as critical to the success of website availability and…