November 2021
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
15h 11m
English
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Chapter 5Analyzing Vulnerability Scans
Penetration testers spend a significant amount of time analyzing and interpreting the reports generated by vulnerability scanners, in search of vulnerabilities that may be exploited to gain a foothold on a target system. Although scanners are extremely effective at automating the manual work of vulnerability identification, the results that they generate require interpretation by a trained analyst. In this chapter, you will learn how penetration testers ...