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Nessus

Nessus

Free Personal

Nessus Professional is a widely-used vulnerability scanner by Tenable, designed to identify security vulnerabilities in a variety of systems nationwide. It helps organizations manage their security posture by providing comprehensive scans, detailed reporting, and integration with other tools for remediation.

Extensive and frequently updated vulnerability plugin library.
Open API
Network & Admin
skipfish

skipfish

Open Source

Skipfish is a discontinued command-line web application security scanner known for its recursive crawling and heuristic detection capabilities. It's designed to quickly assess web applications for common vulnerabilities and security flaws.

Effective heuristic detection for finding non-signature based vulnerabilities.
Command line interface
OS & Utilities
SurfPatrol

SurfPatrol

Free

SurfPatrol is a free browser extension and desktop application designed to enhance online security by scanning installed browser plugins and software for known vulnerabilities. It provides users with notifications about outdated components and offers easy access to updates, significantly reducing the risk of exploits and data breaches.

Identifies vulnerable browser plugins and extensions
Browser extension
OS & Utilities Web Browsers
Nikto

Nikto

Open Source

Nikto is a powerful and widely-used open-source web server scanner designed to identify potential security vulnerabilities and misconfigurations. It performs comprehensive tests against web servers to detect dangerous files, outdated server versions, and version-specific problems.

Excellent at finding common web server vulnerabilities and misconfigurations.
Security & Privacy