Acunetix, organized a series of free workshops in St. Louis and New York City in November 2013. This culminated in Acunetix’s participation at OWASP AppSec USA – the premier North American OWASP conference – at the Marriott Marquis in Time Square, New York. The workshops proved…
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Acunetix Announces Beta Release of Online Vulnerability Scanner
MALTA, 4 December 2013- Acunetix today announced the beta release of its latest product, Acunetix Online Vulnerability Scanner. Responsive, scalable and centralised with unmatched deep crawling and scanning capabilities, Acunetix Online Vulnerability Scanner promises to help businesses of any size protect their websites, web applications…
Acunetix Exhibited at GITEX Technology Week 2013
Comguard, an official Partner for Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner based in the United Arab Emirates, participated in the GITEX exhibition held between October 20th and October 24th 2013 at the Dubai World Trade Centre. Acunetix was showcased as one of the key vendors for Comguard at…
Latest WVS v9 build with new DOM XSS checks that can be injected in HTTP GET parameters
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner version 9, build 20131023 includes new DOM XSS checks for the type of DOM XSS vulnerabilities that can be injected in the HTTP GET parameters. This new build also includes the option to automatically save scan results to disk after a…
Acunetix and Aquion Participate in AISA National Conference
The 6th annual AISA National Conference, held at the Sydney Exhibition and Convention Centre on 10th October 2013, hosted over 900 experts and professionals from the Information Security industry. Acunetix showcased at the information odyssey-themed event in collaboration with Aquion, an official Acunetix Partner based…
XSS Vulnerability injected through Google Analytics, executed in IOS’s Gmail application
Roy Castillo, a security researcher from the Philippines, identified a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Gmail application for iOS. The vulnerability was found in the mail attachment feature and needed no user interaction to be triggered. In a post on his blog, Roy Castillo…
IT Security Includes Cyber Attack Response
Preventing cyber attacks is a dominant topic for IT security. It is the first layer of defense. The more attacks prevented the better – no question about it. However, does great prevention guarantee there will no successful cyber attacks? Of course not. Good Security is…
The Default WordPress Administrator Account Is In Use
Alert group: WordPress default “admin” account exists Acunetix WP Security Plugin test: During this test Acunetix looks for the default admin account in the WordPress user list. Repercussions: With the default WordPress administrator account active, a malicious user does not have to guess the username…
On the Increasing Popularity of JavaScript
Many people think of JavaScript as a way to create interactive and dynamic web pages. JavaScript gives visitors a great website experience across platforms and across browsers that can be adjusted and tweaked to fit the user’s device, interests, and history. Plus it creates a more…