• Student checks software for critical bug, gets expelled from college

  21.01.2013

  When 20-year-old Ahmed Al-Khabaz, a computer science student at Montreal’s Dawson College, discovered a critical flaw in his college's student web portal, he decided it was his "moral duty" to share the discovery with the institution's leaders so that the bug can be fixed before doing serious harm.

• Guard your website against malicious activity with WebsiteDefender

  06.06.2012

  Acunetix released WebsiteDefender, an online security monitoring service which helps you secure websites against malware and hacker activity.

• Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 8 released

  20.02.2012

  Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 8 (WVS) echoes years of counter-hacking experience through its new ability to lock hackers out by integrating scan results into Imperva’s Web Application Firewall, and by recognizing a new breed of vulnerabilities through new detection methods.

Spotlight

The security of WordPress plugins

Posted on 18 June 2013.  |  Checkmarx’s research lab identified that more than 20% of the 50 most popular WordPress plugins are vulnerable to common Web attacks, such as SQL Injection.

Information security executives need to be strategic thinkers

Posted on 17 June 2013.  |  George Baker, the Director of Information Security at Exostar, talks about the challenges in working in a dynamic threat landscape, offers tips for aspiring infosec leaders, and more.

Large orgs in denial about own security breaches?

Posted on 14 June 2013.  |  Over two thirds (66%) of large organizations said they either had not experienced a security incident in the last 12-18 months or were unsure if they had.

Vulnerability scanning with PureCloud

Posted on 12 June 2013.  |  nCircle PureCloud is a cloud-based network security scanning product built upon the companies' vulnerability and risk management system IP360.

Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal

Posted on 11 June 2013.  |  Read on for comments on this scandal that Help Net Security received from a variety of security professionals and analysts.