Cybersecurity is no longer a nice-to-have. It’s an imperative for organizations that create, distribute, and manage software every day – especially true for federal agencies as the government moves away from legacy technology in the race to improve user experience and shift to the cloud…
FTC words of warning: Remediate recent Log4j vulnerabilities or face consequences
In an unusual and noteworthy move, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued an early warning to companies that haven’t yet patched recent Log4j vulnerabilities: remediate or risk legal and financial consequences. As noted by the FTC, the recent Log4j vulnerabilities are still being actively exploited…
Five fundamental tips for getting executive buy-in on AppSec
The need for effective cybersecurity programs has never been more apparent. By October of 2021, the number of data breaches leapfrogged the total from 2020 by 17%, and 2021 saw the highest average data breach cost in 17 years ($4.24 million, in fact). Yet, for…
2021 – the year in review
As 2021 comes to an end, it is time to sum up the year to see what it meant for Acunetix, Invicti, and the web application security industry. The rise of Invicti 2021 was the year when Acunetix became a brand of Invicti Security. The…
Log4j vulnerability resource center
Watch this space for the latest news and resources from Invicti on the Log4j crisis. Product update All Netsparker and Acunetix products now detect the CVE-2021-44228 Log4j-related vulnerability (known as Log4Shell or LogJam). More in our official statement. Our perspective Invicti President and COO Mark…
Log4j: A forcing function to adopt long-overdue continuous security
Like other unexpected exploits and big-time breaches, the recent discovery of vulnerabilities in Log4j reminded us that serious threats can seemingly come out of nowhere and create significant new risks. It is another stark reminder that, despite the frequent occurrence of security breaches, many organizations…
Critical alert – Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228 in Log4j) – possibly the biggest impact vulnerability ever
On December 10, 2021, a serious vulnerability was discovered in the Apache Log4j framework, which is commonly used by most Java installations. The vulnerability, dubbed Log4Shell or LogJam, was identified in the NVD as CVE-2021-44228 and, to quote one of Acunetix original creators and primary…
How Acunetix addresses HTTP/2 vulnerabilities
In the latest release of Acunetix, we added support for the HTTP/2 protocol and introduced several checks specific to the vulnerabilities associated with this protocol. For example, we introduced checks for misrouting, server-side request forgery (SSRF), and web cache poisoning. In this article, we’d like…
Secure coding practices – the three key principles
All security vulnerabilities are the result of human error. Most web application vulnerabilities and API security issues are introduced by developers. Therefore, the best approach to building secure applications is to do all that is possible to avoid introducing such errors in the first place instead of…