SQL injection attacks are one of the most common techniques hackers use to access secure information from web servers to carry out illegitimate activities. This hacking technique also demonstrates how vulnerable systems are on not just the insecure ports and other firewall protected fronts, but…
Acunetix WVS Version 6.5 build 20091215 released
An updated build for Acunetix WVS Version 6.5 has been released with a number of improvements, bug fixes, and a number of new security checks. New security checks: JBoss BSHDeployer MBean JBoss checks from RedTeam’s paper JBoss HttpAdaptor JMXInvokerServlet JBoss Server MBean JBoss ServerInfo MBean…
AcuSensor, curl and Zen Cart
Recently we’ve released a new build, build number 20091124. This build includes a new AcuSensor check named “curl_exec() url is controlled by user”. This new check will verify if the user can control the URL passed to curl_exec. In case you are not familiar with curl, below is…
Changes coming to the OWASP Top 10 in 2010
In the spirit of improving Web application security worldwide the folks at OWASP have released the OWASP Top 10 2010 “release candidate”. It’s currently open for comments and scheduled for final release the first quarter of next year. The biggest change you’ll see in this…
Acunetix WVS Version 6.5 build 20091124 released
An updated build for Acunetix WVS Version 6.5 has been released with a number of improvements, bug fixes, and most important of all, a good number of new security checks. New: New security checks of AcuSensor Technology curl_exec() url is controlled by user PHP preg_replace…
PHP "multipart/form-data" denial of service
PHP version 5.3.1 was just released. This release contains a patch for a denial of service condition we’ve reported some time ago. The problem is related with PHP’s handling of RFC 1867 (Form-based File Upload in HTML). When you send a POST request to a…
US Air Force uses Acunetix WVS to identify and mitigate web application vulnerabilities
The US Air Force’s mission is to fly, fight and win… in air, space and Cyberspace. US Air Force has an elite force defending people from millions of cyber attacks every day in their newest battlefield; Cyberspace. In a battle field, you’re always a target,…
Looking back at 2009 through SQL Injection goggles
The earliest public mention I could find of SQL Injection (‘piggybacking SQL statements’ as the author put it) was from someone who called himself Rain Forest Puppy (RFP). In 1998 RFP wrote an article for Phrack Magazine (Volume 9, Issue 54) in which he talks…
Sites Infected with Website Malware Every 3.6 Seconds
A lot of web sites out there have an array of vulnerabilities and your site could easily be one of them! A recent study based on the first six months of this year found that every 3.6 seconds a new web site is infected. That…