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312-50V11 · Question #955

Jack, a professional hacker, targets an organization and performs vulnerability scanning on the target web server to identify any possible weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations. In this…

The correct answer is C. Netsparker. Netsparker (now Invicti) is an automated web application vulnerability scanner designed to detect security flaws such as SQL injection, XSS, and misconfigurations in target web servers.

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Question

Jack, a professional hacker, targets an organization and performs vulnerability scanning on the target web server to identify any possible weaknesses, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations. In this process, Jack uses an automated tool that eases his work and performs vulnerability scanning to find hosts, services, and other vulnerabilities in the target server. Which of the following tools is used by Jack to perform vulnerability scanning?

Options

  • AInfoga
  • BWebCopier Pro
  • CNetsparker
  • DNCollector Studio

How the community answered

(38 responses)
  • B
    5% (2)
  • C
    92% (35)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

Netsparker (now Invicti) is an automated web application vulnerability scanner designed to detect security flaws such as SQL injection, XSS, and misconfigurations in target web servers.

AInfoga

Infoga is an OSINT email reconnaissance tool used to harvest email addresses and associated metadata from public sources such as search engines and social platforms, with no web server vulnerability scanning capability.

BWebCopier Pro

WebCopier Pro is a website mirroring application that downloads entire websites for offline browsing and archiving, and it performs no security analysis or vulnerability identification.

CNetsparkerCorrect

Netsparker is a commercial automated web application security scanner that crawls and audits target web servers and applications for a wide range of vulnerabilities including SQL injection, cross-site scripting, insecure HTTP headers, and server misconfigurations. It uses proof-based scanning to confirm real vulnerabilities and reduce false positives, making it a standard tool used by both penetration testers and attackers for comprehensive web server vulnerability assessment.

DNCollector Studio

NCollector Studio is a web scraping and data extraction tool designed for collecting structured content from websites, not for detecting security vulnerabilities or misconfigurations in web servers.

Concept tested: Automated web application vulnerability scanning with Netsparker

Source: https://www.invicti.com/support/getting-started-with-invicti/

Topics

#Netsparker#vulnerability scanning#web server assessment#automated tools

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