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Cybersecurity · Top 10
Vulnerability scanners
Scanners I have used to find what needs fixing before someone else finds it.
Draft — under review
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Qualys VMDR
Qualys
Cloud-based vulnerability management at enterprise scale.
- 03
InsightVM
Rapid7
Risk-based prioritisation tied closely to remediation workflows.
- 04
OpenVAS
Greenbone
The leading open-source network scanner.
- 05
Nuclei
ProjectDiscovery
Fast, template-driven scanning with a huge community template library.
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Acunetix
Invicti
Automated web-vulnerability scanning with low false-positive rates.
- 09
Nikto
open source
A quick, noisy web-server scanner that still catches the basics.
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GFI LanGuard
GFI Software
Network scanning and patch management in one console for Windows estates.
