No vendor fluff. No recycled threat reports. Real guidance on vulnerability scanning, malware, and attack surface management — written by practitioners.
o
Information Security Manager · CISSP · CEH · OSCP
A use-after-free vulnerability happens when a program keeps using a piece of memory after it has already handed that memory back to the system. The leftover reference, called a dangling
The most common wordpress vulnerabilities almost never live in WordPress core. They hide in the plugins and themes you installed and forgot about. Security researchers logged 7,966 new WordPress vulnerabilities
Knowing how to check if a WordPress plugin is safe before you install it is the single most useful security habit a site owner can build, because plugins, not WordPress
Vulnerability management vs exposure management comes down to one question: are you fixing individual software flaws, or reducing everything an attacker could actually use to get in? Vulnerability management hunts
Learning how to test for SQL injection vulnerability by hand is the fastest way to understand one of the most damaging flaws on the web: a single unescaped quote in
The POODLE vulnerability is a design flaw in SSL 3.0 that lets a man-in-the-middle attacker decrypt small pieces of an encrypted session, one byte at a time, until they recover
An SSL vulnerability is a weakness in the SSL/TLS protocol, its software implementation, or how it is configured that lets an attacker read, alter, or hijack traffic that is supposed
Can vulnerability scanning ensure NIS2 compliance? No, and any vendor promising otherwise is selling a false sense of safety. Vulnerability scanning is a required technical control under the NIS2 Directive
Active vs passive vulnerability scanning comes down to how the scanner looks for weaknesses. Active scanning sends probes and test traffic to your systems and reads the responses, going deep
To scan an API for vulnerabilities, you discover every endpoint, feed the scanner an OpenAPI or Swagger definition, authenticate it with the right API key, OAuth, or JWT token, run
The difference between an authenticated scan and an unauthenticated scan comes down to one thing: whether the scanner logs in. An unauthenticated scan probes your system from the outside like
Continuous vulnerability scanning means your systems get checked for security weaknesses automatically and often, not once a quarter but every day and immediately after anything changes. To set up continuous
This guide will tell you how to monitor your website availability and uptime by using ScanTitan free online website monitor. As the world evolves today, websites become an increasingly vital
This guide will tell you how to scan your website against malware which includes viruses, webshells, malicious javascript and others by using ScanTitan free website malware scanner. What is website
This guide will tell you how to find your website security vulnerabilities and weakness by using ScanTitan free online vulnerability scanner. What is website vulnerability? According to research, it has
This guide will tell you how to reduce your website and online services attack surface by finding your security exposures using ScanTitan free online vulnerability scanner. What is website security
This guide will tell you how to know your network exposure and running services on your edge device like a firewall or router and how to monitor network exposure using
This article will guide you on how to monitor your cyber brand security using ScanTitan cyber brand monitoring to prevent digital image issues, traffic drops, and your customer trust loss.
This guide will tell you what is vulnerability intelligence and exploit intelligence, why they are important, and how to get benefits using ScanTitan Vulnerability and Exploit intelligence features. What is
This guide will tell you what is cyber threat intelligence and how it is important to identify relevant threats of your business using ScanTitan Threat Intelligence platform. What is Threat
A use-after-free vulnerability happens when a program keeps using a piece of memory after it has already handed that memory back to the system. The leftover reference, called a dangling
The most common wordpress vulnerabilities almost never live in WordPress core. They hide in the plugins and themes you installed and forgot about. Security researchers logged 7,966 new WordPress vulnerabilities
Knowing how to check if a WordPress plugin is safe before you install it is the single most useful security habit a site owner can build, because plugins, not WordPress
Vulnerability management vs exposure management comes down to one question: are you fixing individual software flaws, or reducing everything an attacker could actually use to get in? Vulnerability management hunts
Learning how to test for SQL injection vulnerability by hand is the fastest way to understand one of the most damaging flaws on the web: a single unescaped quote in
The POODLE vulnerability is a design flaw in SSL 3.0 that lets a man-in-the-middle attacker decrypt small pieces of an encrypted session, one byte at a time, until they recover
An SSL vulnerability is a weakness in the SSL/TLS protocol, its software implementation, or how it is configured that lets an attacker read, alter, or hijack traffic that is supposed
Can vulnerability scanning ensure NIS2 compliance? No, and any vendor promising otherwise is selling a false sense of safety. Vulnerability scanning is a required technical control under the NIS2 Directive
Active vs passive vulnerability scanning comes down to how the scanner looks for weaknesses. Active scanning sends probes and test traffic to your systems and reads the responses, going deep
To scan an API for vulnerabilities, you discover every endpoint, feed the scanner an OpenAPI or Swagger definition, authenticate it with the right API key, OAuth, or JWT token, run
The difference between an authenticated scan and an unauthenticated scan comes down to one thing: whether the scanner logs in. An unauthenticated scan probes your system from the outside like
Continuous vulnerability scanning means your systems get checked for security weaknesses automatically and often, not once a quarter but every day and immediately after anything changes. To set up continuous
o
12+ years in information security. Specialises in web application security, vulnerability management, and external attack surface reduction for SMB and mid-market organisations.
Editorial standards: All ScanTitan blog content is reviewed by certified InfoSec professionals before publication. Technical claims are tested against live scan results or cited from primary sources (CVE database, OWASP, NIST NVD). We do not accept sponsored posts or paid placements.
