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Configuring HTTP Proxy Settings in Acunetix

Product Articles | June 27, 2017 by Ian Muscat

If the target website or web application you intend to scan is only reachable via an HTTP proxy, you will need to configure Acunetix On-Premises to make use of that HTTP proxy server before running the scan. You can set different proxy settings per Target…

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How to scan an HTTP Authentication restricted area

Product Articles | April 11, 2017 by Ian Muscat

In addition to support for form authentication, which Acunetix supports via the Login Sequence Recorder, you can also scan areas of a website or web application which are restricted through the means of HTTP Authentication. HTTP Authentication, sometimes referred to as Basic Authentication, is a…

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Scanning for vulnerabilities using Custom Cookies

Product Articles | April 4, 2017 by Juxhin Dyrmishi Brigjaj

There may be some cases in which a website or web application you are scanning requires custom cookies to be set to be scanned properly. In Acunetix, you can set custom cookies which will be used during the crawl and scan. To add a custom…

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How do I update to the latest Acunetix build?

Product Articles | March 14, 2017 by Acunetix

Keeping Acunetix up-to-date is important to ensure you always get the latest updates to existing and newly added tests, features, bugfixes and improvements. Fortunately it’s not only easy but transparent. By default Acunetix automatically checks for updates, installs any new updates in the background without…

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How to Backup Acunetix

Product Articles | March 7, 2017 by Acunetix

Backing-up your Acunetix data and settings is important and should be done frequently, especially on production systems. This post will show how to do this manually and will also offer a sample implementation in PowerShell for automating the process. Stopping Acunetix services Before taking a…

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Getting Started with the Acunetix Web Services Editor

Product Articles | February 23, 2017 by Ian Muscat

The Web Services Editor is a tool that forms part of the Acunetix Manual Pen Testing Tools suite (available to download for free). The Web Services Editor allows you to import an online or local WSDL file for an in depth analysis of WSDL requests…

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Getting Started with the Acunetix Authentication Tester

Product Articles | February 14, 2017 by Ian Muscat

The Authentication Tester is a tool that forms part of the Acunetix Manual Pen Testing Tools suite (available to download for free). The Authentication Tester allows you to test the strength of credentials used in HTTP authentication, as well as custom HTML form-based authentication by…

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Getting Started with the Acunetix Blind SQL Injector

Product Articles | February 1, 2017 by Acunetix

The Blind SQL Injector is a tool that forms part of the Acunetix Manual Pen Testing Tools suite (available to download for free). The Blind SQL Injector allows you to enumerate MySQL and MSSQL databases via a Blind SQL injection vulnerability. You can start using…

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Getting Started with the Acunetix Target Finder

Product Articles | January 25, 2017 by Ian Muscat

The Target Finder is a tool that forms part of the Acunetix Manual Tools suite (available to download for free). The Target Finder allows you to run a port scan to discover web servers running on a given IP address, or a range of IP…

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