London, UK – May 2016 – Leading web app and network security experts Acunetix will be exhibiting for the first time at the 7th Annual TELCO Cloud 2016 Forum taking place on 10th and 11th May 2016 at Stand 7 at the Park Plaza Victoria,…
In the headlines: UK surveillance policies leak; DDoS attacks; Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy; Facebook hack, and more
UK surveillance policies leaked online UK privacy campaigners Privacy International have managed to get their hands on, and subsequently have released a set of UK surveillance policies. What these policies reveal are the extent to which government agencies such as MI5 and GCHQ have access…
Latest build of Acunetix includes new version of .NET AcuSensor, checks for JSP source code disclosure and improves crawling capabilities
Acunetix v10.5 (build 20160427) has been released. This new build includes a new version of the .NET AcuSensor registers with .NET web applications in a way that supports signed .NET Assemblies. In addition, it includes new and improved vulnerability checks and a number of minor…
Mitigating extension vulnerabilities in template-based applications
There are over 43,900 official plugins available for WordPress, another 6,200 for Joomla! and 33,700 for Drupal, not to mention the countless other platforms that are freely and easily accessible. The plugins’ abilities range from adding photos for a personal website to complex development collaboration…
Acunetix to exhibit at the 7th Annual TELCO Cloud Forum
Acunetix will be exhibiting for the first time at the 7th Annual TELCO Cloud 2016 Forum on 10th and 11th May 2016 at Stand 7 at the Park Plaza Victoria, London, UK. The TELCO Cloud Forum is a one-stop-shop for Telco Cloud professionals bringing the entire ecosystem under…
In the headlines: UK military cyber defense centre, WordPress and Joomla applications, Magnitude Exploit kit and more
UK establishes £40m military cyber defense centre With the huge proposals and funding pumped into cyber security by the US government lately, there was no doubt the UK would soon be following suit. Plans were unveiled last week for a £40m Cyber Security Operations Centre,…
Nesta report offers a rose tinted insight into the potential for digitising local UK government
A refreshingly progressive report was published in the UK recently, by Nesta, titled ‘Connected Councils: A Digital Vision of Local Government in 2025’. We say refreshing because this is not a doom and gloom report about how corporations are failing to tackle cyber security and…
Panama Papers; was the biggest breach in history caused by a simple vulnerability?
Europe is currently caught up in a political furore surrounding the leak of the ‘Panama Papers’, which basically has leaked the names of those using the offshore tax haven. Among the names to surface have included the Icelandic prime minister, who has since resigned and…
PwC Report Shows Cybercrime in the UK is Growing Rapidly
In the latest edition of their Global Economic Crime Survey, PricewaterhouseCoopers have announced a finding of a 20% increase in cybercrime, making it the fastest growing category of economic crime. The UK seems to be the most severely affected, with 55% of organisations being affected…