Chapter 9. Vulnerability Assessments and Tools
After learning all the additional tools that come packaged with the Nmap suite, it is a good idea for us to take a look at some third-party tools that can assist in conducting a vulnerability assessment. Vulnerability assessments, more than just a simple port scan, are comprehensive reports that detail the full range of vulnerabilities that may exist on a given target scope.
Some of the tools we'll learn about in this chapter interact very well with Nmap, while others are simply follow-up tools to use after the initial Nmap scan.
In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:
- Conducting a vulnerability scan with Nessus
- Assessing web server issues with Nikto
- Identifying sensitive web directories with ...
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