312-50V12 · Question #304
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. Jack employs an automated tool to perform vulnerability scanning on a web server, identifying weaknesses and misconfigurations. Netsparker is the appropriate tool for this task.
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- AInfoga
- BNCollector Studio
- CNetsparker
- DWebCopier Pro
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Jack employs an automated tool to perform vulnerability scanning on a web server, identifying weaknesses and misconfigurations. Netsparker is the appropriate tool for this task.
Infoga is an open-source intelligence (OSINT) tool primarily used for gathering email addresses from public sources, not for performing web server vulnerability scanning.
NCollector Studio is a website mirroring and downloading tool used to copy websites for offline viewing, which does not involve identifying security vulnerabilities.
Netsparker is an automated web application security scanner specifically designed to identify a wide range of vulnerabilities, such as SQL Injection and Cross-site Scripting (XSS), within web applications and services. It actively crawls and scans target web servers, making it suitable for finding weaknesses and misconfigurations as described in the scenario.
WebCopier Pro is a website downloader tool that enables users to download entire websites for offline browsing, rather than scanning them for security weaknesses.
Concept tested: Automated Web Vulnerability Scanning Tools
Source: https://www.netsparker.com/
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