Vulnerability Scanning with Nessus

Nessus

➡️ Nessus

• Download Nessus

curl --request GET --url 'https://www.tenable.com/downloads/api/v2/pages/nessus/files/Nessus-10.7.4-ubuntu1404_amd64.deb' --output 'Nessus-10.7.4-ubuntu1404_amd64.deb'

sudo dpkg -i Nessus-10.7.4-ubuntu1404_amd64.deb

sudo systemctl start nessusd.service

• Open the browser and go to https://localhost:8834

  • Follow my guide here to configure Nessus - Nessus Essentials - syselement

• Set a new scan with

  • Kioptrix VM IP - 192.168.31.130

  • Discovery - Port scan (all ports)

  • Assessment - Scan for known web vulnerabilities

  • Advanced settings if necessary

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