The term sensitive data exposure means letting unauthorized parties access stored or transmitted sensitive information such as credit card numbers or passwords. Most major security breaches worldwide result in some kind of sensitive data exposure. Exploiting an attack vector such as a web vulnerability is…
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Tomasz Andrzej Nidecki
Principal Cybersecurity Writer
Principal Cybersecurity Writer
Ad-hoc scanning is not enough
A web vulnerability scanner is usually perceived as an ad-hoc tool. Initially, all vulnerability scanners were such tools and current open-source web application security solutions still follow that model. However, with a major increase in the complexity and availability of web technologies, the ad-hoc model…
Are you afraid of security testing in the SDLC?
Opinion: DevOps are simply afraid of trying something new. They are used to Selenium tests that hog the pipelines and provide hard-to-interpret results but at the same time they often shun DAST testing, which is nowhere near as troublesome. Recently, I had an interesting discussion…
Most common security vulnerabilities – Acunetix Web Application Vulnerability Report 2021
Every year, Acunetix brings you an analysis of the most common web security vulnerabilities and network perimeter vulnerabilities. Our annual Web Application Vulnerability Report (now part of the Invicti AppSec Indicator) is based on real data taken from Acunetix Online. We randomly select websites and…
How to defend against recent attacks on Microsoft Exchange
The latest update of Acunetix Premium introduces a check for the primary Microsoft Exchange vulnerability that enables currently ongoing attacks. Microsoft warns against an organized criminal group known as Hafnium performing mass attacks against government and private entities, primarily in the United States. Initial reports…
World software giant selects Acunetix DAST+IAST for SDLC testing
It is a common myth that early testing in the SDLC should be based on SAST and passive IAST tools. This myth has been repeated often by sources that do not follow the developments of web application security and are unaware of the evolution of…
Frequently asked questions about Acunetix
Will Acunetix remove vulnerabilities from my web application just as my antivirus does? Web application security vulnerabilities are very different from malware. They are programming bugs – introduced by the application creators themselves, not by malicious parties. Therefore, the only way to remove them is…
WAF security – getting the most out of your web application firewall
Web application firewalls (WAFs) are one of many web application security solutions at your disposal. Unfortunately, buyers often don’t understand their purpose and treat them as a direct replacement for other classes of tools, for example, web vulnerability scanners such as Acunetix. The two classes…
Vulnerability scanning tools – why not open-source?
With the immense popularity of open-source software such as Linux, WordPress, or Magento, you might wonder why the situation is so different in the world of web application security. Let’s try to compare open-source vulnerability scanners with commercial solutions and it will soon be clear…