Mastering Python for Networking and Security

Further reading

In these links, you will find more information and the official documentation for nessus and nexpose:

• https://docs.tenable.com/nessus/Content/GettingStarted.htm
• https://nexpose.help.rapid7.com/docs/getting-started-with-nexpose
• https://help.rapid7.com/insightvm/en-us/api/index.html

Today, there are a lot of tools for vulnerability scanning. Nessus, Seccubus, openvas, the well-known Nmap scanner, and even OWASP ZAP are some of the most popular for scanning vulnerabilities to networks and computer systems:

• https://www.seccubus.com/
• http://www.openvas.org/

Open Vulnerability Assessment System (OpenVAS) is a free security-scanning platform, with most of its components licensed under the GNU General Public License (GNU GPL). ...