It’s hard to believe, but SQL injection as we know it has been around for 13 years. Yet, SQL injection is as prevalent as ever as highlighted in The 2011 Mid-Year Top Cyber Security Risks Report. Back in the dot-com era of 1998-99, you may…
Acunetix To Be Exhibited At GITEX Technology Week 2011
Comguard, the Acunetix distributor based in Dubai, will be participating in GITEX 2011, heralded as one of the largest and most important ICT events around the globe. Alive with the energy of the ICT sector and the buzz of real business, GITEX Technology Week — held…
Critical XSS Flaw Discovered in Barack Obama’s Website
A security research team called Vulnerability-Lab have discovered a persistent XSS vulnerability in the official website of Barack Obama. This is not the first time that the president’s website was targeted. About a year ago SecurityShell reported a similar XSS vulnerability on their blog. This…
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 build 20110920
An updated build of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Version 7 was released. This new build (20110920) includes the new Firefox plugin which supports FireFox version 6, a new security check for the Apache web server and a number of application bug fixes. New security check…
Acunetix To Be Exhibited At HackXColombia 2011
Acunetix distributor DS TEAM will be hosting a conference at the HackXColombia 2011 expo held on the 8th October 2011 at the University Corporation for sabaneta J. Emilio Valderrama. The main objective of this event is to raise awareness and funds for children with disabilities and limited opportunities in Colombia, while…
"Time to market" no longer the security excuse
If you’ve heard it once you’ve probably heard it a thousand times: time to market is critical. Indeed, when it comes to software development, many business executives, marketers, product managers and sales weasels live and breathe by this mantra. Just get it out the door…
Acunetix to Be Exhibited at Govware 2011
Acunetix distributor, Ace-Pacific Pty Ltd, will be exhibiting at Govware 2011 held between the 27th and 29th September 2011 at the Suntec Singapore International Exhibition & Convention Center; highlighted theme this year being “SecurITy: Navigating the Brave New Cyber World“. http://www.govware.sg/index.html This is the 20th…
Preventing XSS Attacks
Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks are amongst the most common types of attacks against web applications. XSS vulnerabilities all fall under the same category, however, a more detailed look at the techniques employed during XSS attacks reveals a multitude of tactics that exploit a variety…
Acunetix Facebook iPad Competition: and the Winner is…
There’s no way the Acunetix Facebook iPad competition was going to fly under the radar. As soon as August was out we immediately began receiving messages asking who the competition winner was. Well, the security world is a busy one and we’ve cheekily decided to…