SECURITY PENETRATION TESTING

Detecting and Evading the OS Fingerprint Scan

SecurityOwned — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:13:37 +0000

One simple way to avoid a lot of these types of attacks is simply to stay patched and updated across the infrastructure. Unfortunately, patching and maintenance is not enough to deter a lot of hackers worth their salt. Some tactics you can use to hide from the dreaded Nmap fingerprinting scan are to employ firewalls and system-level virus protection and port stealthing.

H4×0rz, Tigers and Bears

SecurityOwned — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 23:10:20 +0000

Most security minded administrators keep abreast of the latest exploits being released that can affect systems in their networks. Upon hearing of a new exploit, a proactive administrator would start a scan across the network searching for versions of the potentially afflicted OS

Nmap Security Audits and Inventory

SecurityOwned — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:09:13 +0000

Nmap OS and version scanning can be an invaluable tool for recurring security audits. In the enterprise, we are frequently faced with mandatory security scans and audits for such federal regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley (SOX).

Saving Hard Money with the Nmap OSFS

SecurityOwned — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:07:49 +0000

Nmap OS fingerprinting can also assist your IT budget by providing important details on operating systems in the enterprise and making it much easier to keep your licenses and related contracts in order.

Nmap to the Rescue

SecurityOwned — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:05:29 +0000

Nmap OSFS can be a useful tool for an administrator in more than a few ways. In addition to proactive usefulness, the information yielded by a well-planned and executed Nmap OS and version scan can aide an administrator in times of crisis.

Nmap OS Fingerprint Scan as an Administrative Tool

SecurityOwned — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:51:37 +0000

For an administrator, Nmap is not only cost effective, but it can also save you an enormous amount of time and labor. It can even save you money by keeping your license information to date. The operating system fingerprint scan gives all of these benefits to us in the -O flag