A new feature to the online version of Acunetix – Acunetix Online Vulnerability Scanner (OVS) now allows the owner of an account to create child users, delegating vulnerability scanning and reporting tasks to other users and at the same time auditing their actions. This increased…
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BASH Vulnerability leaves IT Experts Shell Shocked!
Yesterday, a critical vulnerability was reported in GNU Bash. Bash is the Bourne Again Shell that is installed on all Linux distributions. The vulnerability is related to the way environment variables are parsed before running the BASH shell. It is possible to create environment variables that include…
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…
Finding Broken Links Using Acunetix WVS
Acunetix WVS has the ability to discover links to pages that do not exist. In a world where sites are updated on a daily basis, it is quite easy to remove a page and forget to amend all links which refer to it resulting in…
Scanning a Shopping Cart with an Automated Security Scanner
Many of today’s large scale websites are template based. This means that most of the website pages which users visit are usually built from the same template file. Thus it is normal for a template based websites to be made up of about 20 or…
FAQ: How can I copy My Scanning Profiles from One Computer to Another?
An Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Scanning Profile defines which tests to launch against the target website. For example, if you wish to test a website against Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, simply select the XSS Scanning Profile. You can also create a new Scanning Profile which includes…
Using Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner as a Proxy Server
Among many advanced penetration testing tools provided, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) offers you the HTTP Sniffer tool. With the HTTP Sniffer you can capture, trap, analyze and even modify any HTTP traffic that the sniffer is listening to, e.g. port 8080. The Acunetix HTTP…
FAQ: How do I Scan Multiple Websites with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner?
Running multiple instances of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) allows you to scan multiple websites simultaneously. Each instance can scan one website at a time – you can have up to two instances of all Acunetix WVS editions or up to ten instances if you…
FAQ: How Long does Web Scanning take with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner?
The time required for web scanning with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) varies depending on the size and complexity of the target website, the response time of the web server, the type of scan you are running (Quick, Heuristic or Extensive) and the scanning profile…