Top 5 Vulnerability Port Scanners

Asked some hackers and Computer Security gurus to list their 5 favorite Vulnerability/Port Scanners. Here are the results.

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1. netcat
2. nmap
3. hping3
4. isic
5. p0f2
6. sing
7. nikto
8. firewalk - Detecting Firewall Rulles
9. nikto/wnikto - cgi scanner
10. whisker - cgi scanner with IDS feature
11. nessus / NewT - Vulnerability scanner
12. Qualys
13. eEye Retina
14. GFI Languard
15. ISS
16. Shadow Security Scanner (SSS)
17. pakketo's scanrand
18. FX Scanner
19. Acunetix web vulnerability scanner
20. IPCScan
21. SQLRecon
22. Metasploit
23. Whax
24. SoftPerfect Network Scanner - Network Share Scanner
25. Cain & Abel
26. autoscan - . integrate some other tools
27. hydra - Password finder by Brute forcer
28. Retina - Vulnerability scanner
29. X-scan3 - Vulnerability scanner GUI & CLI uses nasl
30. SupperScan - fast port scanner
31. Dfind - CLI vuln scanner
32. Sfind - CLI vuln scanner
33. scan1000 - fast CLI vuln scanner
34. ScanLine - CLI vuln scanner
35. GhostPortScanner (GPS) to keep from triggering firewalls
36. Superscan 3.0 for TCP Scanning
37. Superscan 4.0 for UDP Scanning
38. X-Scan v2.3 (nmap + nessus for windows)
39. Webdavscan.exe for Mass Port 80 Banner
40. NTscan for IPC$ Passwords
41. foundstone tools
42. sara
43. X-Scan
44. FOUNDSCAN
45. HSCAN
46. cheops-ng
47. dsns
48. MicrosoftBaseLine - IIS vuln scanner