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Why do so many people buy into “checklist” audits?

September 20th, 2010

 - Probably my biggest pet peeve related to application security is the claim by many (typically management) that “We know we’re secure, we just had an audit”. (continue reading...)

Directory Traversal in Axigen v7.4.1 running on Windows

September 14th, 2010

 - We are continuing with the list of security vulnerabilities found in a number of web applications while testing our latest version of Acunetix (continue reading...)

Ways to avoid email floods when running Web vulnerability scans

September 10th, 2010

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If you’ve ever ran a Web vulnerability scan you’ve likely experienced this situation. You fire up your scanner, tweak your settings, and click Start. The (continue reading...)

SQL Injection and XSS vulnerabilities in CubeCart version 4.3.3

September 9th, 2010

 - We are continuing with the list of security vulnerabilities found in a number of web applications while testing our latest version of Acunetix (continue reading...)

Web Security problems in Zenphoto version 1.3

September 6th, 2010

 - We are continuing with the list of security vulnerabilities found in a number of web applications while testing our latest version of (continue reading...)

Security vulnerabilities in Pligg CMS version 1.0.4

September 3rd, 2010

 - While beta testing the latest version of Acunetix WVS v7, we found a large number of security vulnerabilities in various web applications. (continue reading...)

Netsparker Web Application Scanner

August 8th, 2010

 - Netsparker is a web application security product from Mavituna Security.  They recently released a community edition of their scanner, although the it’s pretty stripped down so I ‘m not sure how useful it would be (continue reading...)

Getting developers on board with security – once and for all

August 4th, 2010

 - Making Web application security work is more than simply telling developers they need to write better code. We can scream “Write better code!” and (continue reading...)

VIDEO: Discovered XSS on Facebook can lead to account hijack

July 28th, 2010

 - Facebook rates as the second most popular website on the internet with 400 million active users. When such a website has common web application security (continue reading...)

Web security oversights: Don’t overlook the “small” stuff

July 14th, 2010

 - I was reviewing the most recent SANS @RISK Consensus Security Vulnerability Alert and it reminded me of how easy it is to get (continue reading...)

Dangerous XSS vulnerability found on YouTube – the vulnerability explained

July 5th, 2010

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On the 4th of July 2010 YouTube users began complaining that their videos had been hijacked, the comments section of their videos seemed to (continue reading...)

Mozilla Firefox Vulnerabilities

June 23rd, 2010

 - Mozilla has issued an update for Firefox to address multiple vulnerabilities which can be exploited to disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, or to compromise a user's system. A few of these (continue reading...)

In-depth analysis of a PHP attack that lead to Apple information disclosure

June 17th, 2010

 - Recently over 100,000 Apple customers were affected by an information disclosure attack on the AT&T website. Security experts blame this breach on “poorly designed software”. (continue reading...)

Seven Signs You’re Not Ready to Run a Web Vulnerability Scan

June 16th, 2010

 - Looking to hop aboard the Web vulnerability scanning bandwagon to see just how vulnerable your Web site or application really is? Well, not so fast. Here are some signs you’re not ready to (continue reading...)

Web application contingency plans – the missing link in Web security?

June 9th, 2010

 - Why are Web applications out of the loop when it comes to contingency planning? Look at any given security incident response or disaster recovery (continue reading...)

web application firewall bypass with a XSS attack

June 1st, 2010

 - In the following demo video, Sandro Gauci of EnableSecurity shows how an attacker can switch off dotDefender in order to bypass any “protection” offered (continue reading...)

Should you scan a website through a web application firewall?

May 25th, 2010

 - Unfortunately, it is of frequent occurrence that people launch a security scan against a website or web application sitting behind a web application firewall, or (continue reading...)

Creating a Web security testing policy

May 11th, 2010

 - If you’re reading this blog, Web security testing is undoubtedly on your radar. You may have an ongoing process for testing Web vulnerabilities but (continue reading...)

CRLF Injection Attacks and HTTP Response Splitting

May 4th, 2010

 - The CRLF Injection Attack (sometimes also referred to as HTTP Response Splitting) is a fairly simple, yet extremely powerful web attack.  Hackers are actively exploiting this web application vulnerability to perform a large variety of (continue reading...)

The new OWASP Top 10 for 2010 – Risk and Realities

April 27th, 2010

 - Kudos to Jeff Williams, Dave Wichers, and the rest of the OWASP team for pulling together the final release of the OWASP Top 10 for 2010. Obviously, a lot of thought and work has gone (continue reading...)

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