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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. They are used in the identification and detection of vulnerabilities arising from mis-configurations or flawed programming within a network-based asset ...

3. OpenVAS - Wikipedia

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   Website. www.openvas.org. OpenVAS (Open Vulnerability Assessment Scanner, originally known as GNessUs) is the scanner component of Greenbone Vulnerability Management (GVM), a software framework of several services and tools offering vulnerability scanning and vulnerability management. [2]

4. 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]

5. 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 ...

6. Vulnerability (computer security) - Wikipedia

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   Vulnerability management is a process that includes identifying systems and prioritizing which are most important, scanning for vulnerabilities, and taking action to secure the system. Vulnerability management typically is a combination of remediation (fixing the vulnerability), mitigation (increasing the difficulty or reducing the danger of ...

7. 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   Nikto is a free software command-line vulnerability scanner that scans web servers for dangerous files or CGIs, outdated server software and other problems.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. The Nikto code itself is free software, but the data files it uses to drive the ...