Vulnerability scanning is a staple of information security, but no software is perfect. Vulnerabilities are discovered on a daily basis — possibly exposing critical systems or data to exploit and ...

WordPress powers about 43% of all websites worldwide. This makes it an indispensable platform for organizations of all sizes. Unfortunately, that popularity also makes WordPress a prime target for ...

There are two approaches to network vulnerability scanning, active and passive. The active approach encompasses everything an organization does to foil system breaches, while the passive (or ...

The Internal Revenue Service should improve the way it scans for cybersecurity vulnerabilities and remediates the ones it finds, according to a new report. The report, released last week by the ...

Quick Summary Struggling to keep track of security gaps across your systems and applications? Discover the top seven vulnerability scanning tools of 2025 that can help you identify, prioritise, and ...

How to run a basic vulnerability scan on your data center Linux servers with Nessus Your email has been sent Nessus is one of those tools every network, system and security admin should have at the ...

Jesper Jurcenoks, CTO of NetVigilance, maker of network vulnerability assessment software, says regular NVA use gives you the most important security information: what’s on your system, and what your ...

On more than a few occasions I have had the responsibility for conducting vulnerability scans in the enterprise as a part of my job. When I was new in the industry I would jump at the chance to run ...

Conventional wisdom says that looking for trouble isnt a good idea. When it comes to IT security, however, finding system troubles before anyone else does is the name of the game. In this special ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...