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Traditional security testing tools excel at applying proven security checks quickly and consistently. Agentic pentesting tools add another dimension: they use AI agents to explore applications, adapt their testing based on runtime behavior, and investigat

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is a non-profit organization focused on improving software security. Its best-known resource is the OWASP Top 10, a regularly updated awareness document that summarizes the most critical web application se

Liferay environments face a growing volume of CVEs and limited patch paths for older versions. This guide explains which vulnerabilities matter, how they are exploited, and how Invicti scans Liferay Portal and DXP to identify real risk. Read more The post

Learn how to secure Microsoft IIS with practical hardening best practices, attacker-focused insights, and continuous validation strategies. This guide covers common IIS misconfigurations, real-world exploitation techniques, and how to protect web applicat

SNI proxy SSRF is a lesser-known but high-impact vulnerability class where misconfigured proxies route traffic based on attacker-controlled TLS metadata. Under specific conditions, this can expose internal services and even cloud metadata endpoints in AWS

Insecure direct object references (IDOR) are a type of access control vulnerability where an application exposes internal object identifiers - such as user IDs, order numbers, or file names - without verifying whether the requesting user is authorized to

Understand how to correctly implement cookie security flags in modern web applications. Includes practical examples, browser behavior nuances, and guidance on HttpOnly, Secure, and SameSite settings. Read more The post Your session cookies are probably mi

Learn how to perform REST API security testing with a practical, step-by-step approach. This guide covers the OWASP API Security Top 10, common vulnerabilities, and proven techniques to discover, test, and validate real API risks using modern automated to

This article is a review of the Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS). It is a tool for a security audit of web applications and websites.

Acunetix is now available on macOS allowing customers to harness its full power using their operating system of choice, Windows, Linux, macOS, or the cloud.