by Cecilia Obas | Sep 19, 2019 | Cyber security, Fastest Web Scanning Engine, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
One of the best ways to verify the security posture of a business is to perform a mock attack. This principle is behind the concept of penetration testing (manual mock attack) and vulnerability scanning (automatic mock attack). While penetration tests and...
by Cecilia Obas | Sep 10, 2019 | Cyber security, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
DOM-based Cross-site Scripting (DOM XSS) is a particular type of a Cross-site Scripting vulnerability. It uses the Document Object Model (DOM), which is a standard way to represent HTML objects in a hierarchical manner. As with all other Cross-site Scripting...
by Cecilia Obas | Sep 3, 2019 | Cyber security, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
Businesses often perceive vulnerability scanning as an alternative to penetration testing. This perception is wrong. An organization conscious about cybersecurity must include both these activities in their business processes and make sure that they work in...
by Cecilia Obas | Aug 27, 2019 | Fastest Web Scanning Engine, Security, Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
To gain control over a compromised system, an attacker usually aims to gain interactive shell access for arbitrary command execution. With such access, they can try to elevate their privileges to obtain full control of the operating system. However, most systems are...
by Cecilia Obas | Aug 21, 2019 | Cyber security, Fastest Web Scanning Engine, Security, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
Blind SQL Injections are a subtype of SQL Injection vulnerabilities. Exploiting Blind SQL Injections is more difficult and more time consuming for the attacker but the consequences to web application security are similar. Successful exploitation of the...
by Cecilia Obas | Aug 15, 2019 | Cyber security, Security, Vulnerability Assessment, Vulnerability Management, Web Application Security, Web Security, Web Vulnerability Scanner
Threat modeling is an activity that helps you identify and mitigate threats. It’s very important because it makes you look at security risks top-down, focus on decision-making and prioritize security decisions, and consider how you can use your resources in the...
