Vulnerability scanners now prioritize real attack paths over low-impact alertsCloud and application security require scanners that adapt to const ...

Mike Chapple is associate teaching professor of IT, analytics and operations at the University of Notre Dame. During a penetration test (or pen test), highly skilled cybersecurity professionals assume ...

Vulnerability scanning is a staple of information security, but no software is perfect. Vulnerabilities are discovered on a daily basis – possibly exposing critical systems or data to exploit and ...

Excerpted from "Scanning Reality: Limits of Automated Vulnerability Scanners," a new report posted today in Dark Reading's Vulnerability Management Tech Center. In some enterprises, the term ...

Given the threat-dominating space we cannot escape, we need a game-changer that becomes the ultimate tool for protecting our ...

API vulnerability scanning and API penetration testing are both important methods for ensuring the security of an API, but they have distinct differences in terms of their scope, methodology and ...

An industry effort to integrate Web application firewalls (WAFs) with vulnerability scanning tools never got off the ground when it was first launched five years ago, but today the idea of blending ...

Vulnerability scanning is a common practice for businesses to verify and harden their security controls, and because of its popularity, you have at some point or another, heard that it can replace ...

Quick Summary Struggling to keep track of security gaps across your systems and applications? Discover the top seven vulnerability scanning tools of 2025 that can help you identify, prioritise, and ...