Comguard, the Invicti distributor based in Dubai, will be participating in GITEX 2011, heralded as one of the largest and most important ICT events around the globe. Alive with the energy of the ICT sector and the buzz of real business, GITEX Technology Week — held…
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Critical XSS Flaw Discovered in Barack Obama’s Website
A security research team called Vulnerability-Lab have discovered a persistent XSS vulnerability in the official website of Barack Obama. This is not the first time that the president’s website was targeted. About a year ago SecurityShell reported a similar XSS vulnerability on their blog. This…
Invicti Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 build 20110920
An updated build of Invicti Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 was released. This new build (20110920) includes the new Firefox plugin which supports FireFox version 6, a new security check for the Apache web server and a number of application bug fixes. New security check…
Invicti To Be Exhibited At HackXColombia 2011
Invicti distributor DS TEAM will be hosting a conference at the HackXColombia 2011 expo held on the 8th October 2011 at the University Corporation for sabaneta J. Emilio Valderrama. The main objective of this event is to raise awareness and funds for children with disabilities and limited opportunities in Colombia, while…
Invicti to Be Exhibited at Govware 2011
Invicti distributor, Ace-Pacific Pty Ltd, will be exhibiting at Govware 2011 held between the 27th and 29th September 2011 at the Suntec Singapore International Exhibition & Convention Center; highlighted theme this year being “SecurITy: Navigating the Brave New Cyber World“. http://www.govware.sg/index.html This is the 20th…
Preventing XSS Attacks
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks are amongst the most common types of attacks against web applications. XSS vulnerabilities all fall under the same category, however, a more detailed look at the techniques employed during XSS attacks reveals a multitude of tactics that exploit a variety…
Invicti Facebook iPad Competition: and the Winner is…
There’s no way the Invicti Facebook iPad competition was going to fly under the radar. As soon as August was out we immediately began receiving messages asking who the competition winner was. Well, the security world is a busy one and we’ve cheekily decided to…
FAQ: What additional features does Invicti WVS include?
The following features complete the Invicti WVS scanning arsenal: Innovative AcuSensor technology Web server configuration detection Web server security scan (Port Scanner) against services such as DNS, SSH etc Dictionary (brute force) attacker to test password strength of login pages or HTTP authentication Report Generator…
FAQ: How does Invicti reduce false positives?
Invicti is a heuristic scanner and not a signature based scanner, which by design is an efficient way of reducing false positives. With the introduction of AcuSensor Technology, false positive reporting has been drastically reduced because vulnerability detection is no longer based on just the error messages…