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 ...

Who doesn’t love free software? Recently, we conducted an informal, unscientific poll asking readers to tell us about their favorite free information security tools. And boy, did they ever respond.

Ever wonder exactly how vulnerable your network is? Using these tools can give you an idea and provide the means to protect yourself. I don't know about you, but during the years of my IT career, I've ...

Okay, lets admit it: Everybody likes free (well almost everybody, since there is a history of "free" products evolving into for-profit companies). To find out what products were popular in the higher ...

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 ...