CYS 523

Two part (one page per page)

First part-

Introduction

Vulnerability scanners are used to identify the security flaws of an existing web application. Acunetix is a web application scanner that performs comprehensive tests on the web application to identify its vulnerabilities and provided relevant reports to the analyst. In this discussion, you will read a case study about Acunetix output and value. the value is to understand web page vulnerabilities that can be compromised by a hacker.

Instructions

Begin by reading the case study, Web Vulnerability Scanners. [PDF, 657 KB]

Next, address the following in your initial post:

Report on the kind of attacks that are possible on a website based on the vulnerabilities identified through the Acunetix software in the case study.
What are some of the factors that can cause software vulnerabilities?
The case study quotes 30K website attacks daily and 90% password vulnerabilities in 2013. Discuss current website attacks and password vulnerability statistics and give reasons and impact of the increase to date.
In response to one another, discuss measure you (or someone you know) have taken to secure your mobile phone web browser vulnerabilities.

Second part/ second page

will be a response two different post a student post but i will post them in the chat tomorrow.