DAST has come a long way from its humble beginnings. Many businesses searching for web application security solutions are still apprehensive of DAST because they perceive it the way it was many years ago. DAST tools are often described as slow, not automated, not integrated,…
Step-By-Step Configuration with GitHub
Acunetix allows seamless integration with GitHub. This provides Acunetix administrators with the ability to send vulnerabilities directly to their development teams. Note: Before proceeding any further, ensure that the latest version of Acunetix is installed. You can download it from https://www.acunetix.com/fullver. Also, note that issue…
Acunetix Exhibiting at ISMG 2020 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit: New York
ISMG’s Global Summit Series will take place across four continents focusing on global security topics such as fraud and breach prevention and on many key industry verticals such as finance, government, retail, energy, and healthcare. The registration for ISMG 2020 Virtual Cybersecurity Summit is free….
Acunetix update introduces Chinese language support in the UI, path fragments in site structure, and new vulnerability checks
A new Acunetix update has been released for Windows and Linux: 13.0.200807155 and macOS: 13.0.200807156. This Acunetix update introduces Chinese language support in the UI, allowing Chinese users of Acunetix to browse the Acunetix UI and read vulnerability data in their language. The new build…
Scanning a SOAP Web Service for Vulnerabilities
APIs and web services may seem less popular than websites and web applications but that is not true. Already back in 2018, APIs were responsible for 83% of web traffic worldwide. Most complex applications are based on microservices and microservices are basically web applications communicating…
What Is Broken Link Hijacking
Broken link hijacking (BLH) is a type of web attack. It exploits external links that are no longer valid. If your website or web application uses resources loaded from external URLs or points to such resources and these resources are no longer there (for example…
Enterprise Security Weekly with Mark Ralls, Acunetix President & COO
Mark Ralls, the President and COO of Acunetix, was invited by Paul Asadoorian and Matt Alderman to take part in Enterprise Security Weekly episode 191 aired on July 22, 2020. The episode focused on the evolution of enterprise web applications and the impact of that…
Acunetix Exhibiting at Black Hat USA 2020
Black Hat, founded by Jeff Moss (Dark Tangent), is one of the biggest and best-known cybersecurity conferences in the world. Organized in the USA since 1997 and in Europe and Asia since 2000, it is perceived as aimed at the corporate world but it caters…
Using Python to Make API Calls to Your Acunetix Installation
In addition to several out-of-the-box integrations, Acunetix provides an API, which lets you integrate the scanner with any environment. The Acunetix API lets you use any of the scanner functions with no need to access the scanner UI. As an example, we will show you…
DevSecOps: How to Get There from DevOps
DevSecOps is a practice that merges the work done by development (Dev), security (Sec), and IT operations teams (Ops) to deliver the most efficient and effective software development practices. But why is it still so rare? Let us take a look at the difficulties of…