If you want to exploit vulnerabilities and root boxes, you'll need to learn how to perform the necessary reconnaissance first. In fact, you will spend far more time researching your target then ...

Nmap 7 can also work on older Windows systems such as those running Vista and XP, although the project developers recommend updating those aging machines.

I have been trying to use the snmp-sysdescr.nse script within NMAP (Windows binaries) without success. Using NMAP with other arguments, I have been able to verify that port 161/UDP is open and ...

Normally, you probably think of nmap as a security tool. After all, it's ideal when you want to test a machine for open, vulnerable ports. The other day though, I realized nmap had another use—a way ...

The Nmap Project just released the Holiday Edition of its open source cross-platform security scanner and network mapper, with several important improvements and bug fixes. New features in Nmap 7. ...

Remember that scene in The Matrix when Trinity uses a realistic Nmap port scan, followed by an actual SSH exploit (long since patched) to break into a power company? Well, believe it or not, but ...