Certified Network Defender (CND) — Question 31

You are tasked to perform black hat vulnerability assessment for a client. You received official written permission to work with: company site, forum, Linux server with LAMP, where this site hosted. Which vulnerability assessment tool should you consider to use?

Answer options

• A. dnsbrute
• B. hping
• C. OpenVAS
• D. wireshark

Correct answer: C

Explanation

OpenVAS is a comprehensive vulnerability scanning tool that is specifically designed for assessing security weaknesses in systems, making it the ideal choice for this type of assessment. The other tools, such as dnsbrute and hping, serve different purposes such as DNS enumeration and network packet generation, while Wireshark is primarily a network protocol analyzer and not focused on vulnerability scanning.