The Heartbleed bug, a security flaw in the popular OpenSSL library used for data encryption, has taken the web security world by storm, and the victim toll has started to rise. The first reported victims include the Canada Revenue Agency (with 900 social security numbers…
Creating Custom Checks in Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner
You can reach the latest technical information here: Adding Custom Vulnerability Checks to Your Acunetix Installation Although Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) includes most of the checks that you may require to perform a comprehensive scan of your site, there might be situations where you…
Elaborate Ways to Exploit XSS: XSS Proxies
In his book “Web Application Vulnerabilities: Detect, Exploit, Prevent”, Steve Palmer describes XSS Proxies as cross-site scripting exploitation tools that allow attackers to temporarily take control over the victim’s browser. XSS Proxy functions as a web server which takes commands from the attacker via a…
CSRF and XSS – Brothers in Arms
What is CSRF (XSRF)? Cross-Site Request Forgery is a type of web attack which exploits the trust of a website in the user’s browser. In essence, the attacker manipulates the victim’s browser to send requests in the user’s name to websites that have been visited…
Latest Acunetix release scans for Heartbleed Bug
Yesterday, an update was released for Acunetix Vulnerability Scanner which includes a test for a critical OpenSSL vulnerability named The Heartbleed Bug (CVE-2014-0160). Quote from the report: The Heartbleed Bug is a serious vulnerability in the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library. This weakness allows stealing the…
Elaborate Ways to Exploit XSS: Flash Parameter Injection (FPI)
Common Cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks rely on the injection of malicious code (usually JavaScript) in HTML pages, HTML headers or page DOM. There are, however, ways of injecting malicious code in less likely, very popular and innocent-looking places, such as Flash objects. The use of…
Visit the Acunetix Stand at Infosecurity Europe 2014
Acunetix is to be exhibited in the New Exhibitor’s Zone at Infosecurity Europe at Earls Court from the 29th of April till the 1st of May. Infosecurity Europe is the largest free-to attend information security business and education event in Europe – offering attendees the…
The ROI of Protecting Against Cross-site Scripting
The ways in which your organization can be damaged by Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks are endless. Apart from the damage it can cause on its own, successful cross-site scripting can be used as a platform for delivering even more devastating attacks. First, the attack impacts…
Acunetix Presents at Comguard Roadshow, Qatar
The Doha Marriott Hotel, Qatar, played host to the ‘Emerging Threats: New Trends and Risk Visibility’ Comguard event for end-users, held on March 12, 2014. Acunetix was exhibited by Mr. Damian Fearnley, Regional Sales Manager for EMEA, who also presented a high-level overview of Acuentix to 40…