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SandCat version 3.07 released

Monday 30 April 2007

Sandcat allows web administrators to perform aggressive and comprehensive scans of an organization’s web server to isolate vulnerabilities and identify security holes. The Sandcat scanner requires basic inputs such as host names, start URLs and port numbers to scan a complete web site and test all the web applications for security vulnerabilities

Provides more than 30,000 security checks for all leading web server platforms

- a target server can be local or remote
- Scans for SANS Top Twenty vulnerabilities (C3)
- Allows to specifically scan for SANS Top 20 vulnerabilities
- Allows to perform destructive and non-destructive scans
- Tests intrusion detection systems (Syhunt Sandcat Scanner was recently used to test the detection capabilities of a few appliances.
- Supports OSVDB, NVD and CVE
- Supports multithreaded scanning of web servers, with a configurable number of parallel requests
- Automatically discovers and analyzes the server’s configuration to determine which tests are needed
- Includes a Baseline Security Scanner — ensures security against outdated server software

Vulnerability database update This month added checks.


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