Vulnerability assessments are a crucial aspect of our overall information security program. We use Nessus, a port scanner that’s available free on the Internet, to conduct assessments of our ...

We’ve heard about a Linux tool for scanning Windows systems for vulnerabilities called Nessus. Is this another scanner like Nmap that just produces text output about open ports, or does it provide ...

I just ran a nessus scan on my server and it turned up a couple things that seem curious to me.<BR><BR>1) I'm using proftpd v1.2.2rc3, not HP/UX ftpd. Why is it showing this as a hole? Is proftpd also ...

Tenable Network Security, the sponsor for the widely used open source vulnerability scanning tool Nessus for discovering weaknesses in software, plans to commercialize Nessus in a major upgrade to be ...