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Acunetix | Web Security Blog
4M ago
From Release 24.1 in mid-January 2024, access to the Acunetix platform and any emails sent will be via our new domain app.invicti.com. Read on to learn more about what is changing and the impact this may have on your current setup. What’s changing? In mid-January...
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Acunetix | Web Security Blog
8M ago
With the release of Acunetix Standard and Acunetix Premium version 23.8.0 comes the addition of critical severity as a new vulnerability classification. What’s changing? Our vulnerability classification system (High-Medium-Low) is expanding to include a fourth threat level — Critical Severity. From 5 September 2023, you’ll...
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Acunetix | Web Security Blog
11M ago
A new Acunetix Premium update has been released for Windows and Linux: 15.7 We are sunsetting the support for Windows 8, Server 2012, and Server 2012 R2. To provide you with the best DAST product experience, we regularly update Acunetix. As a result of these...
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Acunetix | Web Security Blog
1y ago
This Acunetix release introduces a new security check for the Fortinet RCE flaw (CVE-2022-39952). The FortiNAC, a network security solution, was discovered to have a vulnerability with a high CVSS score of 9.8, known as CVE-2022-39952. Fortinet disclosed the security issue on February 16. The...
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Acunetix | Web Security Blog
1y ago
A new Acunetix Premium update has been released for Windows and Linux: 15.4 This Acunetix release improves the default roles. Acunetix offers role-based access control (RBAC) to efficiently manage user access. Thanks to RBAC, you can limit or authorize user access to Acunetix based on the...
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Acunetix | Web Security Blog
1y ago
A new Acunetix Premium update has been released for Windows and Linux: 15.1 This Acunetix release updates its user interface and the notifications list. The user interface features a new navigation menu, which prioritizes features based on how frequently you may need them. The most...
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Acunetix | Web Security Blog
1y ago
A new Acunetix Premium update has been released for Windows and Linux: 15.0.221007170. This Acunetix release introduces support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 9, which has been released earlier this year. The PHP IAST AcuSensor can now be used with web applications that take...
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Acunetix | Web Security Blog
1y ago
To fully secure your web applications, you need several software solutions, specialist internal resources, and external contractors. However, this means significant costs, and not everyone can afford it all at once. How should small businesses start their web application security journey? Let’s have a look...
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Acunetix | Web Security Blog
1y ago
DAST vulnerability scanners are not that different from virus scanners. In both cases, the goal of the software is to find something out of the ordinary in the target. A virus scanner scans a computer’s local resources and storage to find potentially malicious software. A...
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Acunetix | Web Security Blog
1y ago
A new Acunetix Premium update has been released for Windows, Linux, and macOS: 14.9.220713150 This Acunetix release introduces IAST support for WebSphere enabling the use of the Java IAST sensor (AcuSensor) with this Java server. In addition, Acunetix DeepScan has been updated to better scan...
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