July 13, 2026

No vendor fluff. No recycled threat reports. Real guidance on vulnerability scanning, malware, and attack surface management — written by practitioners.

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Obaida Al-Sulaiman

Information Security Manager · CISSP · CEH · OSCP

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 on specific assets. Passive scanning watches existing network traffic quietly, covering everything but only what the traffic reveals. One is a foot wide and a […]