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 ...

Nmap 7.40 has new scripts that give IT administrators improved network mapping and port scanning capabilities ...

Nmap has supported IPv6 since 2002, but the latest version beefed up support even more. Full Unicast CIDR-style IPv6 range scanning and idle scan have been added. The majority of NSE scripts are ...

Preparing for the eventual widespread conversion to IPv6, the Nmap Project has updated its namesake security scanning tool so it can scan IPv6 networks using a variety of novel techniques.

Earlier versions of Nmap offered some IPv6 tools, namely port scans, basic host discovery, version detection, and use of the scripting engine.

Vicarius, developers of the industry’s first fully autonomous end-to-end vulnerability remediation platform, has announced the release of a new free o ...

The United Kingdom's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), the government agency that leads UK's cyber security mission, is releasing NMAP Scripting Engine scripts to help defenders scan for and ...

Finally, the Nmap Scripting Engine (NSE) allows users to write simple scripts to automate a wide variety of tasks. Such scripts can be executed in parallel to ensure maximum speed and flexibility.

Sourcefire and Insecure.org have inked an agreement to develop open source vulnerability scanning tools based on Insecure's Nmap scripting engine. By Robert Westervelt, TechTarget Published: 24 ...

While there are many monitoring tools available to network administrators for port scanning and network mapping, Nmap is the de facto standard. Here's why.