Analyzing web application vulnerabilities discovered by an automated scanner such as Acunetix often requires us to investigate further. This is in order to: Verify the vulnerability exists in the context of the application. Adjust the vulnerability payload reported by the scanner to something more invasive…
Why Scoping Cookies to Parent Domains is a Bad Idea
When dealing with Web Application vulnerability assessments, it is very common to come across scenarios where for various reasons (business or otherwise) users decide to focus entirely on Medium or High severity vulnerabilities such as SQL Injection and XML External Entity Injection. As a result,…
What is Web Cache Poisoning?
How does Caching work? All forms of Caching in computer science, whether it be CPU cache, HTTP Web Server cache, Database cache and so on, aims to speed up response times for whatever is requested. Doing so helps reduce load as much as possible on…
Paul’s Security weekly Episode: Insecure Deserialization in Java/ JVM
Aleksei Tiurin, Senior Security Researcher at Acunetix, joins Paul’s Security Weekly to talk us through “Insecure Deserialization in JAVA/JVM”! After initial extensive research in 2015, Insecure Deserialization has been a very hot topic in the Java-world. More and more deserialization vulnerabilities are found again and…
How To Clean A Hacked Installation of Nginx
There are literally hundreds of ways to secure & solidify a Nginx server after an attack. But, what does it REALLY need to be cleaned and secure? What are the essential changes you have to make to feel secure again? To answer that question, we’ll have…
Setting Up A Free TLS/SSL Certificate With “Let’s Encrypt”
SSL is short for secure sockets layer, which is an encryption standard that is used to encrypt data going between the browser in the server. In other words, an SSL protects data submitted on your site via visitors and customers. You set up SSL by…
What are the Challenges of Using Open Source Cybersecurity Tools?
By making their source code freely available, developers of open source software rely on the power of the wider community in order to help them audit and improve their code. Not only this but also by involving the wider community of users in the development…
Hack Naked News Episode: British Airways and NewEgg Hacks
Juxin Dyrmishi Brigjaj Developer at Acunetix, joins Paul at SecurityWeekly for an expert commentary on Hack Naked News programme. Juxhin talks about the resurgence of XSS after the big British Airways and NewEgg Hack! Watch the clip below to find out how these hacks could…
Acunetix v12 Review for Enterprise Customers on Firewall.cx
Firewall.cx first began its journey with Acunetix almost 12 years ago with its standalone Windows 98 program. The reviewer notes that the distance the web vulnerability scanner has come since then is “truly immeasurable”, managing to keep up with the competition as other companies have…