port scanning

Hands on Security Testing (Live Online Course)

Sammy Ashby
8 April 2014 at 9:20am
security
Security Testing
Infrastructure
Online Learning
port scanning
The 'Hands on Security Testing' live online learning course covers the basics of Security Testing, from port scanning using the freely available nmap tool, through to vulnerability exploitation using the metasploit tool. This course takes place over six sessions and involves some assignments.   
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Reporting port or address range scanning

Anonymous
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 19:46
CSIRT
address range scanning
incident response
port scanning
scanning
security
What is scanning? See also Port and address scanning. Address range scanning The most common abuse is from a worm (or virus, bot etc) trying to infect other computers by exploiting a single vulnerability on the same port at a great number of addresses. Port scanning You may be reporting packets or connections to a large number of UDP or TCP ports at just one address (or a very small number of addresses).
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Port and address scanning

Anonymous
Monday, February 13, 2012 - 19:44
CSIRT
address scanning
advice
incident response
port scanning
security
Information for a Janet organization on scanning activity that may affect their network. Within an organization’s own network scanning activity may be a legitimate form of audit or of information gathering; but it is almost never acceptable otherwise without the express permission of the managers of the target network.
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