Hands-On AWS Penetration Testing with Kali Linux

Performing the first Nessus scan

Once the initialization is complete, we're welcomed by the Nessus home screen. Here, we need to click on New Scan to start a new scan on the pentesting lab that we set up earlier.

1. Once on the new scan tab, we need to start a Basic Network Scan:

2. After clicking on Basic Network Scan, we need to give a scan name and enter the IPs of the two other hosts that we set up in the lab:

3. Next up, we configure the DISCOVERY and ASSESSMENT options. For discovery, let's request a scan of all services:

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