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 Subdomain Scanner
The Subdomain Scanner is one of the tools in the Acunetix Manual Tools suite for penetration testers. The Acunetix Manual Tools Suite is a set of tools for penetration testing, ethical hacking, and attack surface information gathering. The tools are free for commercial use but…
Where can I find the Acunetix manual tools?
Starting from Acunetix v11, the manual tools, are being provided as a separate installation downloadable for free from https://www.acunetix.com/vulnerability-scanner/free-manual-pen-testing-tools/ The suite of Manual Tools include: HTTP Editor – to create, analyze, and edit client HTTP requests; as well as inspect server responses. HTTP Sniffer – to analyze HTTP requests…
Getting Started with the Acunetix HTTP Sniffer
The HTTP Sniffer is one of the tools among the Acunetix Manual Tools suite (available to download for free). The HTTP Sniffer is a proxy that allows you to analyze HTTP requests and responses, and manually crawl a site structure. The HTTP Sniffer can also…
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…
How can I access Acunetix v11?
In Acunetix v11, the user interface is web based, and by default the web server hosting the web application is running on port 3443. Therefore, if you are logged into the machine running Acunetix, you can browse to https://localhost:3443 to access Acunetix. If you need…
Difference between Site Login and HTTP Authentication
When configuring a Target, you sometimes need to configure login details to the web application. This allows Acunetix to check the restricted areas in your web application. There are two types of authentication that can be done with a web site – Form-based authentication and…
Authenticated scans more effective! How?
The majority of web applications today make use of a login mechanism where the user must supply a set of credentials in order to navigate to authenticated areas of the web application. This allows access to restricted content and content that is customised to the…
