Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 9.5.2015.19-02 Retail | 40.1 MB
Website security is possibly today’s
most overlooked aspect of securing the enterprise and should be a priority in
any organization. Hackers are concentrating their efforts on web-based
applications – shopping carts, forms, login pages, dynamic content, etc. Web
applications are accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and control valuable
data since they often have direct access to back-end data such as customer
databases.
Any defence at network security
level will provide no protection against web application attacks since they are
launched on port 80 – which has to remain open. In addition, web applications
are often tailor-made therefore tested less than off-the-shelf software and are
more likely to have undiscovered vulnerabilities. Acunetix Web Vulnerability
Scanner automatically checks your web applications for SQL Injection, XSS &
other web vulnerabilities.
Keeping personal and important
business information private is just as important as having a strong defense
against the many threats that may impact onto the functioning of a simple home
computer. When the security needs involve protecting a web server, there are
several possibilities to add supplemental safety measures.
First of all, the administrator
should assess the current state of the network security and to do so, a utility
like Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner may prove a gem. Mainly aimed at web
applications and related content, the software is able to scan for and detect a
wide range of exposures, many of which are common to several environments.
For instance, with Acunetix Web
Vulnerability Scanner it is possible to find out if a system is exposed to
various types of code injection and execution, as well as to the widespread
cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The program is also able to inspect
folder permissions and discover potentially unsafe HTTP methods that may be
active on the target web server. Port scanning is another activity you can try
with this application because if it discovers open ports, Acunetix Web
Vulnerability Scanner will immediately start testing in-depth the network
security starting from that possible point of intrusion.
You can also check out the data that
is being sent by your web apps. For this purpose you have at your disposal a
HTTP Sniffer and a HTTP Fuzzer to intercept, capture and modify the traffic, as
well as check for dangerous flaws that would allow for a buffer overflow
attack.
Since it is packed with features and
is accompanied by powerful technologies, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner is
a solid contender insofar as web server testing and network security
examination are concerned. Quite user-friendly and not at all difficult to use,
this software is indeed one that deserves a closer look if you have certain
doubts that your environment is foolproof.
Whats New :
Updates: official site does not
provide any info about changes in this version
