Nessus develop by tenable network security is one of the most popular vulnerability scanners. Nessus allows scans for the following types of vulnerabilities.
- Allow remote hacker to control or access sensitive data on a system
- Detecting Misconfiguration
- Port Scan
- Call Hydra Launch a Dictionary Attack
- DDoS against the DCP IP stack by using malformed packets
- Ability to use Exploit
- Ability to look for Credentials
- 70,000+ Plugins
- Can generate Report
Step 1:
Download
Nessus Essential from https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus.
Step 2:
Go to the download folder and install the package
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/Downloads]
└─$ sudo dpkg -i Nessus-8.13.1-debian6_amd64.deb
Step 3:
Start Nessus Service using the service command
└─$
systemctl start nessusd.service
$ netstat
-tulpn | grep LISTEN
$ systemctl
status nessusd.service
Step 4:
Go to the browser and type https://127.0.0.1:8834/
Create an account and Configure Nessus
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