Released on = August 9, 2007, 8:13 am

Press Release Author = Tamara Naudi

Industry = Software

Press Release Summary = New RSS feed lists over 400 known web vulnerabilities
discovered by Acunetix WVS to-date

Press Release Body = London, UK - 9 August, 2007 - 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.

The Web Application Vulnerability RSS feed, including over 400 entries is available
to subscribe to from: http://www.acunetix.com/vulnerabilities/index.htm

About Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner ensures website security by automatically
checking for SQL injection, Cross site scripting and other vulnerabilities. It
checks password strength on authentication pages and automatically audits shopping
carts, forms, dynamic content and other web applications. Acunetix also crawls and
analyzes websites including flash content, SOAP and AJAX. As the scan is being
completed, the software produces detailed reports that pinpoint where
vulnerabilities exist.

About Acunetix
Acunetix was founded to combat the alarming rise in web attacks. Its flagship
product, Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner, is the result of several years of
development by a team of highly experienced security developers. Acunetix is a
privately held company with headquarters based in Europe (Malta) and an office in
London, UK. For more information about Acunetix, visit: http://www.acunetix.com;
http://www.acunetix.de.

All product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.




Web Site = http://www.acunetix.com

Contact Details =
For more information:
Please email Tamara Naudi: tamara@acunetix.com

Acunetix Ltd
Communications House
26 York Street
W1U 6PZ, London
UK

Tel: (+44) 0845 6126712
Fax: (+44) 0845 6126716
URL: http://www.acunetix.com.