Acunetix Launches Web Application Vulnerability List |
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Acunetix
11th Floor Portomaso Tower
Portomaso, PTM 01
Malta
Press release date: August 9, 2007
09th Aug 2007
New RSS feed lists over 400 known web vulnerabilities discovered by Acunetix WVS to-date
London, UK - 9 August, 2007 - Acunetix has released an RSS feed which lists known web application vulnerabilities and the specific technologies which they target. Hackers today have an ever increasing list of weaknesses in the web application structure at their disposal, which they can exploit to accomplish a wide variety of malicious tasks. In order to educate the public, Acunetix felt the need to document all vulnerabilities discovered by Acunetix WVS since its inception, and will continue to update this list with every new vulnerability found.
Hackers are constantly searching for new flaws to exploit in web applications. Most of the vulnerabilities affect all dynamic web applications whilst others are known to be dependent on specific application technologies. Whatever the case may be, it has become apparent that as web technologies progress, so do the exploits that come with them which hackers are using in order to compromise sensitive databases, thus posing a threat to the daily operation of online businesses.
Since its introduction to the market, developers at Acunetix have been gathering information on all the known web application vulnerabilities detected by the scanner. These vulnerability "signatures" also reinforce the need for the heuristic scanning capabilities of Acunetix WVS, for the detection of those exploits which have not yet been identified and tagged.
The Web Application Vulnerability RSS feed, including over 400 entries is available to subscribe to from: http://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/index.htm
About Acunetix
Web Vulnerability Scanner Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner ensures website security by automatically checking for SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other vulnerabilities. It checks password strength on authentication pages and automatically audits shopping carts, forms, dynamic content and other web applications. Acunetix also crawls and analyzes websites including flash content, SOAP and AJAX. As the scan is being completed, the software produces detailed reports that pinpoint where vulnerabilities exist.
About Acunetix
Acunetix was founded to combat the alarming rise in web attacks. Its flagship product, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner, is the result of several years of development by a team of highly experienced security developers. Acunetix is a privately held company with headquarters based in Europe (Malta) and an office in London, UK. For more information about Acunetix, visit: http://acunetix.com; http://acunetix.de.
For more information: Please email Tamara Naudi: tamara@acunetix.com
Acunetix Ltd Communications House 26 York Street W1U 6PZ, London UK
Tel: (+44) 0845 6126712 Fax: (+44) 0845 6126716 URL: http://www.acunetix.com.
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