It is certainly well known that “hacker tools” can be used for many legitimate purposes. Nmap, the Network Mapper and security scanner is no exception. These days, it is used routinely to identify the ...

Ask any security, network or systems administrator about the top tools in their toolbox and Nmap is likely on their list. Short for Network Mapper, the versatile utility does everything from ...

So far, in my previous articles on Nmap, we've looked at how the scanner can be used to map and audit a network, as well as track down noncompliant devices and services. But hackers can also use Nmap ...

Gordon Lyon from the Nmap project, one of the most acclaimed network and security scanner open-source software pieces used by millions of hackers and security experts worldwide, has announced today, ...

Network Mapper – better known by its shortened name Nmap – is one of the most long-lived security tools out there. Used for scanning computer networks for ports, hosts, and services by sending out ...