An .htaccess file is a configuration file which provides the ability to specify configuration settings for a specific directory in a website. The .htaccess file can include one or more configuration settings which apply only for the directory in which the .htaccess file has been…
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 8 Build 20120326
The Acunetix Team today announced an updated build of the Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 8 (WVS 8). The new build, number 20120326, includes new security checks that detect even more vulnerabilities as well as a series of bug fixes. New Security Checks Acunetix WVS…
Protect Your WordPress Website from a Pharma Hack
One of the worst feelings I’ve ever experienced was when I received an email from one of my customers telling me that my website had been hacked. It got worse, as I couldn’t see any changes in my content, the design or the source code!…
Acunetix Parses Version Control Systems
A lot of developers are using version control systems such as SVN (Apache Subversion) and GIT in order to track changes in their source code. These types of server tools are essential for the organizations which have multi-developer projects. Most of these version control systems…
New Features in Acunetix WVS: Crawling of Websites with Different User-Agent Strings
Note: This article refers to an older version of Acunetix. Click here to download the latest version. When you visit a website your browser sends an HTTP header called “User-Agent” to the web server. This header indicates which web browser you are using, its version…
FAQ: Large log files fill up your Hard Disk when using Acunetix
When running several large scans (using the Scheduler, for example), you may encounter a situation where you run out of hard disk space for the logs generated by the scans. It would be useful to be able to redirect the logs folder to some other…
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 8 Build 20120305
The Acunetix Team is pleased to announce an updated build of the Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 8 (WVS 8). This new built includes new security checks for more vulnerabilities, bug fixes as well as a series of new and improved features. New Security Checks…
Checking For Vulnerabilities in Path Fragments
Note: This article refers to an older version of Acunetix. Click here to download the latest version. Nowadays, more and more people are using URL rewrite techniques to increase their “friendliness” to both users and search engines. With URL rewrites, a URL like http://www.site.com/cms/product.php?action=buy&id=1 is…
The One Web Security Oversight You Don’t Want to Miss
As I’ve written about scoping your Web security tests in the past, it’s not something to be taken lightly. Interestingly, there’s one aspect of Web security testing where I’m still seeing a big disconnect. The issue is how many critical Web systems are being dismissed…