Acunetix Launches Web Application Vulnerability List
Acunetix has released an RSS feed which lists known web application
vulnerabilities and the specific technologies which they target.
Hackers today have an ever increasing list of weaknesses in the web
application structure at their disposal, which they can exploit to
accomplish a wide variety of malicious tasks. In order to educate the
public, Acunetix felt the need to document all vulnerabilities
discovered by Acunetix WVS since its inception, and will continue to
update this list with every new vulnerability found.
Hackers
are constantly searching for new flaws to exploit in web applications.
Most of the vulnerabilities affect all dynamic web applications whilst
others are known to be dependent on specific application technologies.
Whatever the case may be, it has become apparent that as web
technologies progress, so do the exploits that come with them which
hackers are using in order to compromise sensitive databases, thus
posing a threat to the daily operation of online businesses.
Since
its introduction to the market, developers at Acunetix have been
gathering information on all the known web application vulnerabilities
detected by the scanner. These vulnerability "signatures" also
reinforce the need for the heuristic scanning capabilities of Acunetix
WVS, for the detection of those exploits which have not yet been
identified and tagged.