Vulnerability Scanners Fourth Part
Vulnerability We know how to gather information of target victim. Open Ports Service version Servers Operating System Now we look potential vulnerabilities in order to get one step closer into compromising our target. Nessus vulnerability scanner is one of the oldest and best vulnerability scanner. Vulnerability Scanners and How Do They Work Vulnerability scanners scan computer, networks, or application looking for weakness or vulnerability could be used by attacker to compromise the target. Vulnerability scanners works: Sending specify data to the target host/network, based on its analysis of the response, received from the target it can determine many things such as the following. Open ports Service Operating system Vulnerability Pros and Cons of Vulnerability Scanner 1. Its task Is automation, it can automate many tasks such as reconnaissance, port scanning, service and version detection...
