April 2021

Every year, Acunetix brings you an analysis of the most common web security vulnerabilities and network perimeter vulnerabilities. Our annual Web Application Vulnerability Report (now part of the Invicti AppSec Indicator) is based on real data taken from Acunetix Online. We randomly select websites and web applications scanned using our software, anonymize them, and perform […]

Sophos launched the first of the new XGS Series next-gen firewall appliances with Sophos Firewall OS version 18.5. For network admins, this completely re-engineered hardware platform finally takes a common dilemma off the table: how to scale up protection for today’s highly diverse, distributed, and encrypted networks without throttling network performance. Coupled with a highly

What is Data Security? Generally, data security is described as all that surrounds the protection of digital data from destructive forces or unwanted actions of unauthorized users, such as from a cyberattack or data breach. By this overarching definition, the one thing data security is not is a singular software solution that claims to “do

This course provides an in-depth study of Sophos Central, designed for experienced technical professionals who will be planning, installing, configuring and supporting deployments in production environments. It consists of presentations and practical lab exercises to reinforce the taught content, and electronic copies of the supporting documents for the course will be provided to each trainee

The latest release of Acunetix introduces web asset discovery – a mechanism that automatically lets you find websites and web applications that could potentially belong to your organization. This allows you to decide if these assets need to be covered by your web application security processes. Why Do You Need Asset Discovery? Very small and/or

Every maintenance release (MR) for XG Firewall v18 brings compelling new features, including a variety of performance, stability, and security enhancements. MR5 is no exception. What’s new in v18 MR5 VPN enhancements A huge 50% increase in concurrent IPSec VPN tunnel capacity across the line Port 443 sharing between SSL VPN and the Web Application

Depending on your organization’s needs, you may be running servers on-premises, consuming cloud-based applications, or hosting resources in private and public cloud environments on AWS, Azure, or GCP. More likely, you’re doing all of the above. The cloud is rapidly becoming more and more central to most organizations’ day-to-day operations. In fact, 90% of enterprise

“Back when I was a contract firewall installer for Trusted Information Systems, we had a phrase for the way a lot of companies looked at connected networks: Mallomars. If you’re not familiar, Mallomars are a cookie with a hard, crunchy outer layer of graham cracker and chocolate and soft gooey marshmallow inside. And “Mallomar” companies

More than half of Microsoft vulnerabilities could be solved by removing admin rights, according to cyber security vendor BeyondTrust. According to a new report by the vendor, 1,268 Microsoft vulnerabilities were discovered in 2020, a 48 per cent increase, year-on-year. In addition, the number of reported vulnerabilities has risen an astonishing 181 per cent in