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How Acunetix compares against other vulnerability scanners?

How Acunetix compares against other vulnerability scanners?

We’ve previously talked about the importance of web vulnerability scanners We’ve also touched on some of the services Acunetix offers But how does Acunetix compares with other web vulnerability scanners out there Here’s a closer look Sucuri Sucuri is a free malware and security scanner The website allows you to do a quick test for malware, blacklisting status, injected SPAM, etc Just type in your website...

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Acunetix: A Faster, More Accurate OWASP ZAP Alternative

Acunetix: A Faster, More Accurate OWASP ZAP Alternative

If you are choosing a web security scanner for the first time, or are having trouble getting the most out of Open Web Application Security Project ZED Attack Proxy (OWASP ZAP), here is why you should consider Acunetix as an alternative If you are building a web application security testing program from the ground up, you need a security tool built to scan for the full range of security vulnerabilities...

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Is Zoom safe?

Is Zoom safe?

Following lockdowns and work from home protocols across the world, there’s one software that’s seen a boom in the past month Zoom reportedly grew X since XY But you probably knew that already After all, it was hard to avoid people posting screenshots of their zoom conversations all over social media As such, it should also come as no surprise that Zoom is raising some serious security...

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Hackers Created Thousands of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Related Sites As Bait

Hackers Created Thousands of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Related Sites As Bait

As the world comes to grips with the coronavirus pandemic, the situation has proven to be a blessing in disguise for threat actors, who've taken advantage of the opportunity to target victims with scams or malware campaigns Now, according to a new report published by Check Point Research today and shared with The Hacker News, hackers are exploiting the COVID-19 outbreak to spread their own infections,...

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What Are JSON Injections

What Are JSON Injections

The term JSON injection may be used to describe two primary types of security issues: Server-side JSON injection happens when data from an untrusted source is not sanitized by the server and written directly to a JSON streamClient-side JSON injection happens when data from an untrusted JSON source is not sanitized and parsed directly using the JavaScript eval function What Is JSON JSON (JavaScript...

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