Network admins must scan for security vulnerabilities and patch them promptly to prevent attacks and security breaches. Metasploit is an open-source framework for detecting threats and vulnerabilities.
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Evil Twin attack is a combination of several wireless attacks, including, a fake access point, a De-auth attack or jamming the wireless, a Captive portal attack, and cracking a WPA/WPA2 password.
Nessus is an open-source network vulnerability scanner for vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, and ethical hacking. It uses the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) architecture and is one of the most comprehensive vulnerability scanners on the market.
The Secure Shell protocol authenticates and encrypts network connections. Find out how it's used to build tunnels while crossing private networks and even firewalls
Access to the internet—or any other network—is governed by the default gateway. We explain what a default gateway is, and how to set and change it on your Linux computer.
Get started using tcpdump for network troubleshooting and monitoring with this comprehensive cheat sheet, which demonstrates different types of packet capture scenarios using actual tcpdump examples.
Learn about some basic Nmap flags that you can use to generate a quick and useful network map to discover the scope of a network in a new environment, troubleshoot and manage network traffic.
Learn how the user-friendly, feature-rich Netcat tool can help network administrators, programmers, and pentesters debug and investigate network issues in this quick tutorial.
