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2. Vulnerability scanner - Wikipedia

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   This allows the vulnerability scanner to access low-level data, such as specific services and configuration details of the host operating system. It's then able to provide detailed and accurate information about the operating system and installed software, including configuration issues and missing security patches.

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   Nikto is a free software command-line vulnerability scanner that scans web servers for dangerous files or CGIs, outdated server software and other problems.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

4. List of security assessment tools - Wikipedia

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   Free Metasploit: Rapid7: application, framework EULA: 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 ...

5. OpenVAS - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. ZMap (software) - Wikipedia

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   ZMap is a free and open-source security scanner that was developed as a faster alternative to Nmap. ZMap was designed for information security research and can be used for both white hat and black hat purposes. The tool is able to discover vulnerabilities and their impact, and detect affected IoT devices.

7. Nessus (software) - Wikipedia

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   In 1998 Renaud Deraison created The Nessus Project as a free remote security scanner. [2] On October 5 2005, with the release of Nessus 3, the project changed from the GNU General Public License to a proprietary license.

8. Nmap - Wikipedia

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   These features are extensible by scripts that provide more advanced service detection, [7] vulnerability detection, [7] and other features. Nmap can adapt to network conditions including latency and congestion during a scan. Nmap started as a Linux utility [8] and was ported to other systems including Windows, macOS, and BSD. [9]

9. COPS (software) - Wikipedia

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   COPS is a software suite comprising at least 12 small vulnerability scanners, each programmed to audit one part of the operating system: [1] File permissions, including device permissions/nodes; Password strength; Content, format, and security of password and group files (e.g., passwd) Programs and files run in /etc/rc* and cron(tab) files