For almost 18 months starting in 2005, attackers used wireless networks at TJX and other retail chains to steal credit card data. The vulnerabilities were not an isolated instance: Subsequent research ...

Vulnerability scanners can help an enterprise's IT staff identify weaknesses throughout its network, such as ports that could be accessed by unauthorized users and software lacking the latest security ...

Vulnerability scanners are automated tools that allow organizations to check if their networks, systems and applications have security weaknesses that could expose them to attacks. Vulnerability ...

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Internet Security Systems this week announced it has expanded its security consulting practice to tackle vulnerabilities that may be associated with wireless LAN products from vendors that include ...

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 ...

As any network and security manager knows, new vulnerabilities are constantly being discovered and threats against corporate networks are getting increasingly sophisticated. Proactively scanning for ...

This year’s DEFCON was a lively one for wireless security. Probably the most significant event in the wireless realm was Johnny ‘Cache’ Ellch’s and David Maynor’s presentation on wireless driver ...

Vulnerability Scanning vs Penetration Testing: What’s the Difference? Your email has been sent Many IT security terms have proved challenging to understand due to their similarities and contextual ...

Phil Goldstein is a former web editor of the CDW family of tech magazines and a veteran technology journalist. He lives in Washington, D.C., with his wife and their animals: a dog named Brenna and two ...

There are two approaches to network vulnerability scanning, active and passive. The active approach encompasses everything an organization does to foil system breaches, while the passive (or ...