Acunetix
Acunetix is a security company that develops a web vulnerability scanner which allows companies to find potential security issues in their web applications. The company was founded in 2004 and its product has been on the market since early 2005
Acunetix engineers maintain a security blog which publishes regular articles AbOUT web application security. One such article highlighted the issues of passwords in popular web based email services and was referenced in leading publications such as the New York Time , The Telegraph , ZDnet , Government Technology , ABN and Computerworld
Acunetix customers include NASA, KPMG, Telstra, Adidas, Samsung, Disney, Fujitsu, Panasonic, Bank of China, the United States Airforce and the United States Army.
Product
The Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner is an automated black box scanner that checks for web vulnerabilities such as SQL injection, Cross Site scripting and other vulnerabilities.
The product feature set includes:
- An automatic client script analyzer allowing for security testing of Ajax and Web 2.0 applications
- SQL injection and Cross site scripting testing
- Penetration testing tools, such as the HTTP Editor and the HTTP Fuzzer
- Visual macro recorder to test web forms and password protected areas
- Ability to test pages with CAPTCHA, single sign-on and Two Factor authentication mechanisms
- Reporting facilities