Linux Journal

Checking Your Work with Scanners, Part I (of II): nmap

You may have heard horror stories about how easy it is for evil system crackers to probe potential victims' systems for vulnerabilities using software tools readily available on the Internet. The bad ...
Bleeping Computer

New scanner finds Linux, UNIX servers exposed to CUPS RCE attacks

An automated scanner has been released to help security professionals scan environments for devices vulnerable to the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS) RCE flaw tracked as CVE-2024-47176. The flaw, ...
SlashGear

Internet Port Scanning Explained: What It Is, And How It Works

To most, the term "internet port scanning" might sound like the kind of nonsensical technobabble you would hear on an episode of "NCIS." However, port scanning is a very real and widely used method, ...
ZDNet

5 ways the Linux nmap command can help keep your network secure

If you need to scan your network, nmap is the tool to use. Nmap can be installed on any Linux distribution. Nmap has several very handy commands. The nmap command (short for network mapper) is a ...
Linux Journal

Checking Your Work with Scanners, Part II: Nessus

Last month we began exploring the dangerous and fun world of scanning, focusing on the powerful port scanner Nmap. Nmap helps system administrators and security auditors (and yes, prospective crackers ...