Vulnerability assessment

24 March 2023 4 minutes Author: Endpool

Tools for assessing vulnerability and protection of information systems

Vulnerability assessment is a systematic review of security weaknesses in an information system. It assesses whether the system is susceptible to any known vulnerabilities, assigns severity levels to those vulnerabilities, and recommends fixes or mitigations if and when necessary. Let’s consider vulnerability assessment tools. It is recommended to schedule regular automated scanning of all critical IT systems. The results of these checks should be used in the organization’s ongoing vulnerability assessment process. This article will describe such platforms as OpenVAS. It is a platform of several services and tools that offer a comprehensive and powerful solution for scanning and vulnerability management. Nessus Professional is a program for automatic search of known flaws in the protection of information systems. Nikto, Nexpose, Core Impact Pro. And we will describe a mobile protection tool that helps to detect the vulnerability of mobile devices to protect confidential customer data, such as SecurityMetrics Mobile.

It helps avoid threats from mobile malware, device theft, Wi-Fi connection, data entry, personal and business use, unsecured app privileges, data and device storage, access to account data, Bluetooth, infrared (IR) , near field communication (NFC), as well as SIM and SD cards. SecurityMetrics MobileScan complies with PCI SSC (Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council) guidelines to prevent mobile data theft.

This section discusses programs for finding vulnerabilities

Consider vulnerability assessment tools designed to automatically find new and existing threats that may target your application. Types of tools include:

  1. Web application scanners that test and simulate known attack patterns.

  2. Protocol scanners that look for vulnerable protocols, ports, and network services.

  3. Network scanners that help visualize networks and detect warning signals such as spoofed IP addresses, forged packets, and the generation of suspicious packets from a single IP address.

It is recommended to schedule regular automated scanning of all critical IT systems. The results of these checks should be used in the organization’s ongoing vulnerability assessment process.

OpenVAS

It is a platform of several services and tools that offer a comprehensive and powerful solution for scanning and vulnerability management. This framework is part of Greenbone Network’s commercial vulnerability management solution, which has been contributing to the open source community since 2009.

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Nessus Professional

Program for automatic search of known flaws in the protection of information systems. It can detect the most common types of vulnerabilities.

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Nikto

It is an open source (GPL) web server scanner that performs comprehensive tests of web servers, including more than 6,700 potentially dangerous files or programs, checks for outdated versions of more than 1,250 servers, and checks for issues related to versions of more than on 270 servers. It also checks server configuration items, such as the presence of multiple index files and HTTP server settings, and attempts to identify installed web servers and software.

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Nexpose

Rapid7 Nexpose is a vulnerability scanner designed to support the entire vulnerability management lifecycle, including detection, verification, risk classification, impact analysis, reporting, and mitigation. It integrates with Metasploit Rapid7 to exploit vulnerabilities. It is sold as standalone software, an appliance, a virtual machine, and as a managed service or private cloud deployment.

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Core Impact Pro

Core Impact makes it easy for security professionals to perform advanced penetration testing. Powerful penetration testing software with guided automation and certified exploits allows you to safely test your environment using the same techniques as today’s attackers.

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Vulnerability assessment tools for mobile devices

SecurityMetrics Mobile

It’s a mobile security tool that helps identify mobile device vulnerabilities to protect sensitive customer data. It helps avoid threats from mobile malware, device theft, Wi-Fi connectivity, data entry, personal and business use, unsecured app privileges, data and device storage, access to account data, Bluetooth, infrared (IR ), near field communication (NFC), as well as SIM and SD cards. SecurityMetrics MobileScan complies with PCI SSC (Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council) guidelines to prevent mobile data theft. After the scan is complete, the generated report contains an overall risk assessment, a summary of the identified vulnerabilities, and recommendations to eliminate threats.

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Vulner Scanner

This is an Android application that performs passive vulnerability detection based on software version fingerprinting. Because it is a passive vulnerability assessment method, this program can only be used to detect vulnerabilities; it is inefficient when performing conformance checks.

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