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Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner provides a complete solution by automaticallyauditing website security. The software crawls an entire website, launches popularweb attacks (SQL Injection, Cross Site scripting, Google hacking, etc.) andidentifies vulnerabilities that need to be fixed.
The Achilles Heel in Enterprise Security Strategies: Web Applications
Increasingly, hackers are concentrating their efforts on web-based applications -shopping carts, forms, login pages, and dynamic content. A Gartner Group studydetermined that 75% of cyber attacks are done at the web application level. Webapplications are accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and are a passageway tovaluable data: customer and employee databases, transaction information andproprietary corporate data. Many enterprises have addressed network security issuesand have implemented firewall technology but have not yet protected their "crownjewels" - data that can be compromised via web application hacks.
The first reported instance of a Web application attack was perpetrated in 2000.While making online transactions with a large bank, a 17 year-old Norwegian boynoticed that the URLs of the pages he was viewing displayed his account number asone of the parameters. He substituted his account number with the account numbers ofrandom bank customers and immediately gained access to customer accounts andpersonal details. Myriad other hackers have followed in his footsteps, exploitinghundreds of different techniques to compromise web applications and exploit what isfast becoming the biggest Achilles heel in an organization's security strategy.
"Web applications are now the prime target for hackers. A quick hack of a vulnerableweb application can give instant access to valuable data such as customer creditcards and employee social security numbers" said Nick Galea, CEO of Acunetix. "Newhacking techniques emerge every day. Auditing one's web applications should be thenumber one security concern for every enterprise."
Version 3.0 of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner Protects Against Google Hackingand Other New Threats
With this newest release of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner, securityadministrators have access to a host of new features that will protect their webapplications and web sites.
Prevention of Google Hacking
Google hacking is the term used when a hacker tries to find exploitable targets andsensitive data by using search engines. The Google Hacking Database (GHDB) is ahacker database of queries that can identify sensitive data. Although Google blockssome of the better known Google hacking queries, nothing stops a hacker fromcrawling sites and launching the Google Hacking Database queries directly onto thecrawled content.
Version 3.0 of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner launches all the queries found inthe Google hacking database onto the crawled content of enterprise websites thusfinding any sensitive data or exploitable targets before a "search engine hacker"does. Acunetix is first to market with a solution that detects Google hackingvulnerabilities.
Othe r New Features
Over forty new features and enhancements have been introduced in the latest releaseof Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner. Enhancements include sophisticated testingfor buffer overflows & input validation, automatic detection of custom error pages,enhanced abilities to scan websites which are password protected, automatic HTMLform fillers, the ability to crawl Macromedia Flash files, and numerous other newfeatures. A complete description of enhancements is available:http://www.acunetix .com/vulnerability-scanner/fea tures.htm.
Pricing & Availability
Acunetix WVS is available as an enterprise or as a consultant version. Asubscription based license can be purchased for as little as $1,495, whereas aperpetual license starts at $2,995. For more information visit:http://www.acunetix.com /ordering/pricing.htm.
Acunetix is available through its network of partners. Partner inquiries from valueadded resellers are welcome. For more information, visithttp://www.acunetix.com/ partners.
About Acunetix
Acunetix was founded to combat the alarming rise in web attacks. Its flagshipproduct, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner, is the result of several years ofdevelopment by a team of highly experienced security developers. Acunetix is aprivately held company with headquarters based in Europe (Malta) and a US office inSeattle, Washington. For more information about Acunetix visit:http://www.acunetix.com .
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