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Master systematic methodologies for using Shodan to perform deep reconnaissance during penetration testing. This skill covers querying exposed services, mapping assets, identifying vulnerable systems (CVEs), and utilizing advanced filters for IP ranges, geographical locations, and organizational data. Ideal for security researchers and ethical hackers.

A comprehensive framework for assessing network security posture. This skill guides the tester through the entire penetration testing lifecycle, from reconnaissance and host discovery (using tools like Nmap) to service enumeration, vulnerability identification (CVEs), and controlled exploitation (Metasploit). It is essential for validating firewall rules, ensuring compliance (e.g., PCI-DSS), and stress-testing critical infrastructure security.

Integrates FIRST's Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS) API to estimate the probability of a CVE being exploited in the wild within 30 days. This tool moves beyond traditional severity scoring (CVSS) by providing a likelihood measure, allowing security teams to implement a risk-based remediation strategy by combining EPSS scores with CVSS scores to assign immediate, urgent, or low priorities.

This skill simulates and detects critical software supply chain attacks, including typosquatting via Levenshtein distance, dependency confusion detection against private registries, and package integrity verification using SHA-256 hashing. It also performs comprehensive vulnerability scanning against known CVEs using pip-audit. It is essential for security assessments, compliance audits, and incident response when validating software component trustworthiness.

This comprehensive guide details the process of performing authenticated and unauthenticated vulnerability assessments using Tenable Nessus. It covers everything from advanced scan configuration (port discovery, credentialing, plugin setup) to detailed result analysis, including cross-referencing CVEs and prioritizing remediation based on CVSS scores and exploit availability. Ideal for compliance auditing, penetration testing, and maintaining system patch compliance.

Trivy is an open-source, comprehensive scanner used to find vulnerabilities (CVEs), misconfigurations, secrets, and license issues across multiple targets. It is essential for implementing 'shift-left' security gates in CI/CD pipelines, scanning container images, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) like Terraform/Kubernetes, and generating/re-scanning SBOMs for supply chain transparency.

Run comprehensive, read-only exposure checks against your local machine or project directories in response to security advisories and CVEs. This tool systematically checks various ecosystems (Node.js, Python, Homebrew, etc.) to generate a structured, non-invasive audit report, helping users understand their actual risk exposure without making any system changes.