Adultery site data hits the web with serious consequences The Ashley Madison hack continues to grab headlines, with a reported 39GB of data having now been dumped online. What also emerged from the leaked data is that around 90% of users were in fact male….
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In the headlines: Oracle CSO fracas, Wassenaar re-evaluated, car hacking lawsuits and more
Oracle publish then delete blog whining about bug finders We’re well in the age of the ‘bug bounty’, where companies have cottoned on to the fact that it’s safer to pay those who discover security flaws in their products using ethical hacking techniques and software,…
In the headlines: Chinese VPN Services, MasterCard survey, Firefox Exploit and more
Chinese Internet Policing Becomes Literal China is well known for having some of the strictest internet restrictions in the world and the level of control from the government is now set to increase further, with police being posted at the larger internet companies. The government…
In the headlines: Android vulnerabilities, MongoDB database and more
Major Android vulnerability leaves billions of devices open to attack This week saw some serious Android vulnerabilities hit the headlines; according to various reports these affect 95% of Android devices, allowing them to be hacked simply be receiving an MMS message. The six vulnerabilities are…
In the headlines: Ashleymadison.com, CVS pharmacy, Jeep hack and more
Google calls Wassenaar rules unfeasible The Wassenaar rules’ potential transposition into US law came to light a few weeks ago and just as the open comments on the proposal come to an end, Google have officially spoken out against the proposal. “We believe that these…
Black Hat Infosecurity Report reviewed
Black Hat USA is one of the biggest security events on the global calendar; now in its 18th year the six day event is well attended by the security staff of some of the biggest companies, with many having more than 5000 employees. Therefore, this…
In the headlines: Adobe Flash zero day and Java zero day vulnerabilities, and more
Hacking Team data leak result of Adobe Flash Zero day vulnerability If you’ve seen any security news this last week then it will have been impossible to miss the fact that Italian security company Hacking Team suffered a breach. The implications of this are huge,…
Acunetix updated to detect vulnerabilities including Blind Out-of-band SQLi and RCE
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner version 10 (build 20150707) has been updated to include new vulnerability checks, including the detection of Same Origin Method Execution, XSLT Injection, Blind Out-of-band Remote Code Execution and Blind Out-of-band SQL Injection. This build also includes various updates to the new…
VIDEO: Acunetix Quick Start Guide
Welcome to the Acunetix Quick Start Guide. This short guide covers how to launch a scan, analyze the scan results and create a report. For further information and help, please visit https://www.acunetix.com/support