Tenable Network Security, the sponsor for the widely used open source vulnerability scanning tool Nessus for discovering weaknesses in software, plans to commercialize Nessus in a major upgrade to ...

A new open-source project called OpenVAS has emerged to take the place of Nessus, the popular vulnerability assessment system that closed its source a few years ago.The first stable version of ...

Nessus, maker of one of the most popular open-source vulnerability scanner programs available, changed its licensing agreement with the release of version 3.0.0 on December 12, causing a bit of a stir ...

The source code of one of the world's most popular free security tools will no longer be available to all, with its creator stating its open source licence was fuelling competition against his ...

Nessus security tool closes its source Developer makes popular free scanner proprietary, saying competitors were taking advantage of its open-source status.

"Nessus Network Auditing" is dedicated to explaining the inner workings of the Nessus open-source vulnerability scanning tool.

Thanks for the script link.<BR><BR>That "soon to be open source internal tool" sounds damn near perfect for what I'm after. Any ideas on when it might be available for public testing?

Are you certain your Linux servers in your data center are free from vulnerabilities? If not, you need to scan them immediately. Jack Wallen shows you how with Nessus.

"Nessus Network Auditing," by Renaud Deraison et al. (Syngress Publishing), is dedicated to explaining the inner workings of the Nessus open-source vulnerability scanning tool.This ...