To most, the term "internet port scanning" might sound like the kind of nonsensical technobabble you would hear on an episode of "NCIS." However, port scanning is a very real and widely used method, ...

In the cybersecurity world, testing for the existence of exploitable vulnerabilities isn’t always an exact science. Checking for open ports (CIS Control 9 - Limitation and Control of Network Ports, ...

Hi, these last days I have been having trouble with my internet, and when I checked my router logs I got this: Xmas port scan attack from WAN (ip:69.164.26.100) detected. Xmas port scan attack from ...

Many well-known and heavily used web sites are using a fraud protection script that port scans your local computer for remote access programs. Last weekend, news heavily circulated that eBay.com was ...

Google has open-sourced a vulnerability scanner for large-scale enterprise networks consisting of thousands or even millions of internet-connected systems. Named Tsunami, the scanner has been used ...