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2. Vulnerability scanner - Wikipedia

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   A vulnerability scanner is a computer program designed to assess computers, networks or applications for known weaknesses. These scanners are used to discover the weaknesses of a given system. These scanners are used to discover the weaknesses of a given system.

3. Nikto (vulnerability scanner) - Wikipedia

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   Nikto is a free software command-line vulnerability scanner that scans web servers for dangerous files or CGIs, outdated server software and other problems. It performs generic and server type specific checks. It also captures and prints any cookies received.

4. List of security assessment tools - Wikipedia

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   Vulnerability scanning, vulnerability development Multiple editions with various licensing terms, including one free-of-charge. Nessus: Tenable Network Security: Proprietary; GPL (2.2.11 and earlier) Vulnerability scanner: Nmap: terminal application GPL v2: computer security, network management: Free OpenVAS: GPL: Nikto Web Scanner: GPL: SQLmap ...

5. Dynamic application security testing - Wikipedia

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   As a dynamic testing tool, web scanners are not language-dependent. A web application scanner is able to scan engine-driven web applications. Attackers use the same tools, so if the tools can find a vulnerability, so can attackers. [4]

6. Nessus (software) - Wikipedia

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   Nessus is a proprietary vulnerability scanner developed by Tenable, Inc. History. In 1998 Renaud Deraison created The Nessus Project as a free remote security scanner ...

7. SAINT (software) - Wikipedia

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   Exploits take advantage of a vulnerability by compromising or destructing the vulnerable system, device, or application. Remediation is the process of repairing or providing a remedy for a vulnerability, thereby eliminating the risk of being exploited. Vulnerability scanning is used to identify and evaluate the security posture of a network.