A number of weeks ago, I provided and described a script that uses nmap to quickly scan a system or subnet for activity on a particular port. Useful for detecting, say, web servers or Oracle ...

Nmap is a popular and versatile tool for port scanning, network discovery, and security auditing, but its scan results can be complex to interpret. Vulnerability remediation platform maker Vicarius ...

Nmap 7 is finally here, and it comes packed with significant improvements. The culmination of three and a half years of work from more than 100 contributors and almost 3,200 code commits, the ...

While nmap is generally used to probe business networks and perform security reviews, the tool can also provide interesting details on your systems and devices at home. Nmap, the “network mapper,” has ...

The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the government agency that leads UK's cyber security mission, is releasing NMAP Scripting Engine scripts to help defenders scan for and ...

This month marks the 20th anniversary of Nmap, the open-source network mapping tool that became the standard used by many IT professionals, but that can be a bit much if you only need to do general ...

In a post to the "Nmap Announce" mailing list, developer Gordon Lyon announced the release of Nmap 7.80 while attending the DEF CON security conference. "I'm here in Las Vegas for Defcon and delighted ...

On January 25, the NCSC said the trial project is a joint effort between the cybersecurity guidance organization and the Industry 100 (i100). i100 is a cohort of public and private sector companies ...