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Audit your website security with Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner
Hackers are concentrating their efforts on attacking applications in your website: 75% of cyber attacks are launched on shopping carts, forms, login pages, dynamic content etc. Web applications are accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and control sensitive data such as customer details, credit card numbers and proprietary corporate data.
Firewalls, SSL and locked-down servers are futile against web application hacking
Any defense 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. Manually auditing a website for vulnerabilities is virtually impossible - it needs to be done automatically and regularly.
Acunetix WVS automatically checks your web applications for SQL Injection, XSS other web vulnerabilities. * Ensures your website is secure against web attacks * Automatically checks for SQL injection & Cross site scripting vulnerabilities * Checks password strength on authentication pages (HTTP or HTML forms) * Scans Javascript / AJAX applications for security vulnerabilities * Automatically audits shopping carts, forms, dynamic content and other web applications * Creates professional website security audit reports.
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"Do Not Run Acunetix WVS On An Active Website!"
Version: Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 6.0.20081209
Pros
Extremely thorough even though the 30 Day demo only scans for XSS (Cross-site scripting).
Cons
Quote from the Acunetix blog: ""Will it damage my website?". Similar questions are common since black box scanners tend to cause email floods, as well as publishing of garbage blog posts and comments on blogs. If the automated scanner is configured to access a database-driven CMS administrator interface, the chances of garbage data being injected into the database or — even worse — records being deleted and damaging a live web application, are indeed very high."
This warning is not shown anywhere else on the Acunetix Free 30 Day Download page nor the Quick-Start PDF. As a result of not knowing this critical tid-bit, my company's web site, email, and database were all thoroughly attacked and all data corrupted. We lost a week's worth of internet sales, customer service inquiries, and product inventory updates.Summary
If you have an exact clone of your entire website available on a completely separate server solely designated as a "test environment" with no connection to your live production environment, then Acunetix can render powerful "real-life" security information to you regarding your vulnerabilities. But first PLEASE go to the Acunetix blog (http://www.acunetix.com/blog/docs/invasive-vs-non-invasive-web-application-security-scan/)and read this warning from Robert Abela of Acunetix before using this product.
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