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HackerTarget.com has posted an article highlighting 11 of the most popular and free penetration testing tools. These security testing tools are some of best available and all are free to download, with most being open source. Offensive security tools are used by security professionals for testing and demonstrating security weakness. Systems Administrators and other IT … Continue reading
Nmap has been updated with some great new features. The latest release is version 6.00, it expands on the already solid NSE scripting development and speeds up the port scanning core functionality amoung other solid features. Before we go into the detailed changes, here are the top 6 improvements in Nmap 6: 1. NSE Enhanced … Continue reading
w3af is a technical tool for web application penetration testers. This is not a point and click tool, it requires getting your hands dirty and understanding the different plugins to really get some value from it. Recently the project came under the rapid7 banner so perhaps development will now speed up. It will run on … Continue reading
OpenVas is a powerful vulnerability scanning and management solution. It was originally a fork of http://nessus.org, it has now been rewritten into a full fledged solution with advanced capabilities for reporting and scripting. Main Site: http://www.openvas.org HackerTarget.com has an online OpenVas Scan that is Free to use.
It is fitting that the Nmap Port Scanner is the first post on this site that will eventually be a collection of security scanning tools. The nmap port scanner is a powerful tool that is Open Source (Free), and used by pretty much anyone wanting to port scan a network. Highly accurate and extensible with … Continue reading
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