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 Authentication Tester
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…
Getting Started with the Acunetix Blind SQL Injector
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…
Getting Started with the Acunetix Target Finder
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…
Getting Started with the Acunetix HTTP Fuzzer
The HTTP Fuzzer is one of the tools in the Acunetix Manual Tools suite designed to let you manually test for security issues. The Acunetix Manual Tools Suite is a set of tools for black-box testing and application security information gathering. These security vulnerability testing…
Getting Started with the Acunetix HTTP Editor
The HTTP Editor is one of the most flexible and widely used tools among the Acunetix Manual Tools suite (available to download for free). The HTTP Editor allows you to create, analyze, and edit client HTTP requests; as well as inspect server responses. It also…
The latest build of Acunetix updates PCI DSS and NIST compliance reports
Acunetix v10.5 build 20160504 has been released. This new build updates the PCI DSS and the NIST compliance reports with the requirements of PCI DSS 3.2 and NIST 800-53 rev4 respectively. The new build also fixes an important bug uncovered earlier this week. Improvements Updated…
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…
Alliance Technology Partners offering introductory and advanced Acunetix training courses
Alliance Technology Partners, Acunetix Partners since 2007, have announced they shall be offering Acunetix Training Courses, delivered via the web, by their highly experienced senior security engineer. The 3 hour courses on offer are at introductory and advanced level, as well as providing on-going consulting. Training…