Chapter 1 · Threats, Attacks, and Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Scanning Tool

Use this page to document how you automated host discovery, scanning, parsing results, and generating reports.

Goals

  • Run authenticated and unauthenticated scans.
  • Parse results into HTML/PDF with severity breakdowns.
  • Create remediation tickets or a summary checklist.

Tools & Stack

Note scanner (e.g., Nmap/Nessus), scripting language, and libraries used for parsing and reporting.

Process

  1. Target selection and scope.
  2. Scan profiles and command examples.
  3. Parsing output and generating reports.
  4. Validation and retest steps.

Results & Notes

Capture key findings, false positives, and next iterations.