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• Nessus 4.2 Released!

  
  Tenable Network Security — Authority: 461
  Another Milestone, Nessus 4.2 Long-time users of Nessus have probably noticed that significant improvements have been made over the past several years. For example, Nessus version 3 introduced many performance enhancements due to an overhaul of the NASL interpreter. Nessus version 4 introduced several more ...
  1 day ago

• Video: Introduction To Using Nessus 4.2

  
  Tenable Network Security — Authority: 461
  The new version of Nessus 4.2 is under active development and getting closer to release as each day passes. The new version introduce some changes and several enhancements and improvements. Over the next few weeks we will be releasing video tutorials that show users how to use the new interface and highlight the new ...
  1 week ago

• Patch Tuesday - November 2009

  
  Tenable Network Security — Authority: 461
  Another Tuesday, another round of security bulletins from Microsoft. Are you patched? Nessus contains credentialed local checks for all security bulletins, and a network-based uncredentialed check for MS09-064 . Severity is a Matter of Perspective What struck me as interesting this month are the severity ratings. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Scanning Windows 7 With Nessus 4.2

  
  Tenable Network Security — Authority: 461
  Windows 7 - a "Shiny" New Operating System Most experts agree that producing Windows Vista was not a shining moment for Microsoft. It was plagued with problems from the start, including performance and stability issues . Many organizations flat out refused to upgrade from Windows XP to Vista, deeming it not worth ...
  2 weeks ago

• Video: Web App Scanning With Credentials Using Nessus

  
  Tenable Network Security — Authority: 461
  Scanning web applications that require credentials can be a bit tricky as different applications may handle the authentication process in different ways. Nessus has configuration options that will allow you to define the authentication parameters for each application. Nessus also allows users to define pages that ...
  3 weeks ago

• Video: Tenable Appliance Installation & Configuration

  
  Tenable Network Security — Authority: 461
  The Tenable Appliance is an easy way to get up and running quickly with Tenable products such as Nessus and Security Center. The Tenable Appliance is a virtual machine image that is compatible with: VMware ESX versions 3.5 and older vSphere/etc. 4.0 versions VMware Player, Server, Workstation and Fusion. We ...
  4 weeks ago

• Two Vulnerability Scanning Tools Evaluated

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 516
  By Bozidar Spirovski , CISSP, MCSA, MCP We have mentioned our favorite vulnerability scanning tools before . But a lot of time has passed since, so it is time to put these tools against each other and evaluate the quality of the results received when scanning the same target. The Test Environment ...
  4 weeks ago

• Defeating Zombies: Five Ways To Improve Defenses

  
  Tenable Network Security — Authority: 461
  Defeating Zombies Attackers have a number of avenues leading directly into your network, and more importantly, into your data. Each week I read about new data losses , phishing scams and the release of hundreds of new vulnerabilities and exploits . Organizations are employing a rear guard action that is not ...
  4 weeks ago

• Using Nessus To Audit Microsoft Patches

  
  Tenable Network Security — Authority: 461
  Last week Microsoft released 13 security bulletins covering 34 vulnerabilities , much to the delight of overworked system administrators who now have to roll out and test the patches in their environment. Organizations are most likely at different stages in the patch deployment process, some may still be testing and ...
  5 weeks ago

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