Acunetix Online allows you to configure user accounts from within your Acunetix Online account, thereby delegating some scanning and reporting tasks. This is a great feature for enterprise administrators who need to delegate the security tasks for the company’s websites and front-end servers to multiple IT…
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Automate post-scan reports and new Coverage Report in Acunetix Online
Acunetix Online Vulnerability Scanner has been updated with 2 new features. These are: The option to generate a report automatically once a scan is completed. This will save time for users. When creating a new scan, users will be able to optionally configure a report…
Delegate tasks, limit access and stay in control with Acunetix OVS Multi-User Access
A new feature to the online version of Acunetix – Acunetix Online Vulnerability Scanner (OVS) now allows the owner of an account to create child users, delegating vulnerability scanning and reporting tasks to other users and at the same time auditing their actions. This increased…
How to Configure Acunetix to Successfully Crawl WIVET
WIVET stands for Web Input Extractor Teaser, and is a web application that is designed to test the crawling capabilities of web application scanners. WIVET has been used in web application scanner reviews, such as the reputable review by Shay Chen – The Web Application Vulnerability…
Heart bleed – A Bigger Threat Than Meets the Eye
The Heart bleed Bug took the world by storm the moment the vulnerability became public. Heart bleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the widely used OpenSSL cryptographic library. This weakness allows theft of data resident in the server’s memory, which generally comprises SSL/TLS encrypted…
When I renew my Acunetix Online Subscription next year, can I change my Targets?
After purchasing a renewal to your Acunetix Online Subscription, you will be able to remove the Targets that have not been scanned after the subscription has been renewed. This can be done from Acunetix Online > Targets. The Targets that have not been scanned can…
How can I login to Acunetix Online?
You can login to Acunetix Online from https://online.acunetix.com
Acunetix Online cannot connect to my Target
This occurs when a firewall or WAF blocks all connections from Acunetix. You probably can still connect to the website from your browser, since the firewall is not blocking your IP address. You will need to confirm that your firewall is not blocking the connection…
My scan seems to be stuck
This situation generally occurs when scanning a large web site. In this case, the scan can take a few hours, sometimes, although rarely, a few days. The scan might seem to be stuck, when in reality, it is not. When this happens, the status of…
Why is my scan showing as Queued?
When you request a scan, the scan request is queued till the next available scanner is available to handle the scan request. This generally takes less than a few minutes. There is a limit of 1 simultaneous scan per scan target. This is done not…