by Cecilia Obas | Feb 26, 2019 | Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
Acunetix version 12 (build 12.0.190206130 – Windows and Linux) has been released. This new build makes it easier to record Login Sequences which can be used to scan restricted areas, and provides support to provide Swagger and WSDL as import files to be used by the...
by Cecilia Obas | Feb 10, 2019 | Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
In recent years, several researches have been published about attacks deliberately or directly related to reverse proxies. While implementing various reverse-proxy checks on the scanner, I started analyzing implementations of reverse proxies. Initially, I wanted to...
by Cecilia Obas | Jan 22, 2019 | Cyber security, Security, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
Analyzing web application vulnerabilities discovered by an automated scanner such as Acunetix often requires us to investigate further. This is in order to: Verify the vulnerability exists in the context of the application.Adjust the vulnerability payload reported by...
by Cecilia Obas | Jan 6, 2019 | Internet Security, Security, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
How does Caching work? All forms of Caching in computer science, whether it be CPU cache, HTTP Web Server cache, Database cache and so on, aims to speed up response times for whatever is requested. Doing so helps reduce load as much as possible on the component that...
by Cecilia Obas | Dec 18, 2018 | Cyber security, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
Acunetix version 12 (Windows build 12.0.181203110, Linux build 12.0.181204095) has been released. This new build includes updates to DeepScan and Login Sequence Recorder (LSR). It also introduces support for Swagger and Kerberos HTTP Authentication in the Windows...
by Cecilia Obas | Nov 25, 2018 | Security, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
There are literally hundreds of ways to secure & solidify a Nginx server after an attack. But, what does it REALLY need to be cleaned and secure? What are the essential changes you have to make to feel secure again? To answer that question, we’ll have to...
