Windows 10 ‘Keylogger’ and how to switch it off When the first Windows 10 preview was released, there were reports of it containing a keylogger. It now appears that this feature did indeed make it into the released version, via the Windows helper Cortana. As…
Cross-site Scripting and its variants explained
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) has been making the Top 5 list of exploitable vulnerabilities since it was first discovered way back in the 1990s. The term XSS refers to a client-side code injection attack wherein an attacker can execute malicious scripts into a legitimate website or…
What preventive steps can SMEs take to reduce the chance of cyber attack?
Every week the headlines carry news of high profile cyber attacks, in fact every day cyber criminals compromise thousands of websites – often without the site owner knowing. A recent study of 15,000 websites found nearly half contained a ‘high-severity’ vulnerability waiting to be exploited…
Netflix Sleepy Puppy – Nothing new
Netflix has released an open source tool that their engineering team have developed in-house that can find second-order XSS vulnerabilities in web applications. The tool is called Sleepy Puppy, and while it’s a good initiative from Netflix, the auto-detection of ‘Delayed XSS’ is nothing new….
Acunetix WVS Input Fields
Many websites include web forms that capture visitor data, such as download forms. Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner can be configured to automatically submit random data or specific values to web forms during the crawl and scan stages of a security audit. By default, Acunetix Web Vulnerability…
IT Security Expo and Congress it-sa 2015
Everything is geared to IT security at it-sa which is to be held in Nuremberg, Germany between the 6th to 8th October 2015. Use this opportunity to exchange views with the leading IT security experts and source information on the latest products and services. Besides…
Password hashing and the Ashley Madison hack
The mainstream media is in a frenzy about the Ashley Madison hack, and with good reason. Aside from the shady social and moral motives that most people are criticising Avid Life Media (the site’s owners) about, the breach is a notable one in terms of…
Acunetix GM interviewed on Rust Report
Acunetix General Manager, Chris Martin was interviewed by Len Rust for the popular Australasian ICT news platform – Rust Report during Cebit in Sydney Australia 2015. In his interview, Mr. Martin gives a brief overview of the company, describes what sets Acunetix apart from its competitors,…
Secureworld St. Louis Cyber Security Conference
Join network security industry leaders at America’s Center Convention Complex for St. Louis SecureWorld 2015 to be held on September 22nd and 23rd. Alliance Technology Partners and Acunetix will be exhibiting at Booth 305. Find out more on keynotes and speakers and register for conference…