ComGuard unveils new Web Vulnerability Scanner

Mohammad Mobasseri, Sr. Vice President, Comguard

Leading value added distributor in the mideast region, ComGuard today launched the latest version of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 8 beta to optimise the web security in the Middle East region.

Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) 8 can automatically detect URL parameters and manipulate them to detect vulnerabilities. It can  automatically interpret rewrite rules without requiring any manual input and it is now possible to define custom HTTP headers to be used during automated scans.

Partnering with Imperva, now Acunetix WVS 8 scan results can be automatically imported into an Imperva Web Application Firewall and interpreted as rules. It can also be relaunched as multiple instances on the same machine, allowing the user to scan multiple websites and opening up further support for multi-user scenarios on the same server/workstation.

While, the new Scheduler allows administrators to download scan results from any workstation, laptop, or smartphone. The new Scheduler will automatically launch another instance of WVS when multiple web scans are due, preventing multiple processes from depending on the resources of one WVS instance and thereby allowing scans to complete in less time.

Acunetix WVS 8 can automatically determine if a custom error page is in use and recognizes it without requiring any custom 404 recognition patterns to be configured for a scan. It now allows the settings for the scan of a specific application to be saved as individual templates, making it quick and easy to recall the exact settings for a website each time it is scanned. This is particularly useful when scanning multiple sites, allowing the user to load the template for each site instead of re-configuring all the settings manually.

In addition to the introduction of Scan Settings Templates and automatic custom 404 error page recognition, the Scan Wizard It is now possible to define the retention span before log files are automatically flushed; to ensure logs are not deleted each time WVS is restarted. Whereas, the new WVS 8 offers improved web security check scripts to reduce false positives even further and the scanner checks for the latest variants of vulnerability classes like XSS, SQL injection, and more.

Mohammad Mobasseri, Sr. Vice President, ComGuard, said “The version 8 of the Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner has been optimised to make life easier at every stage of a security scan. WVS is easier to use for web admins and security analysts alike with enhanced automation, ability to save scan settings as a template to avoid reconfiguration, and multiple instance support for simultaneous scans of several websites. WVS 8 also ushers in a new exciting co-operation between Acunetix and Imperva: developers of the industry’s leading Web Application Firewall which will help to secure the organizations in the Middle East region.”