Nessus is een securityscanner die een netwerk kan scannen op bekende exploits en openstaande services. Resultaten kunnen vervolgens in verscheidene rapporten weergegeven worden. Ook kan de software integreren met andere pakketten, zoals CyberArk voor credentialmanagement en mdm-software van Microsoft, Apple, Good, MobileIron en AirWatch. Nessus wordt in vier verschillende smaken uitgegeven, namelijk de gratis te gebruiken Home-editie, en de betaalde Professional-, Manager- en Cloud-edities. Tenable heeft Nessus 6.10.9 uitgebracht met de volgende aankondiging:
Version 6.10.9
New Feature/Expanded Platform SupportVersion 6.10.8
- Enable remote scanners to utilize bulk API for task updates
Bug Fixes and ImprovementsNew Feature/Expanded Platform Support
- Fix Nessus service crashes during scans
Version 6.10.7
- Scan peered VPCs in a single pre-auth AWS scanner
Bug Fixes and ImprovementsVersion 6.10.6
- Added policy to detect disclosed Shadow Broker vulnerabilities
- Fix to prevent folders from being created unintentionally
Bug Fixes and ImprovementsVersion 6.10.5
- Added policy for WannaCry
- Added policy for Intel AMT Vuln
- Added ability to add custom URL to CyberArk credentials
- Fix timezones in reports
- Fix a client issue where plugins no longer update
- Allow user-agent field to be edited
- Fix to honor port ranges
New Features / Expanded Platform SupportBug Fixes and Improvements
- Enable users to see the status of connected agents
- Enable users to see more details (status, attributes) about agents
- Enable users to manage when agent updates do and don’t occur
- Enable users to download updates for agents
Version 6.10.4
- Improve process to upload custom certificates for plugin 5119
- Fix for scanning virtual hosts behind a load balancer
- Allow AWS pre-auth scanner to register via proxy
- Fix for a database bug after plugin updates
- Fix for a local privilege escalation vulnerability on agent
Bug Fixes and ImprovementsVersion 6.10.3
- Fix to enforce permissions on the plugins folder in agent mode
- Fix resolving a plugin causing a scan to hang in certain conditions
- Prevent attempts for agent to scan if plugins are not installed
Bug Fixes and ImprovementsVersion 6.10.2
- Update expired MacOS Developer certificate on build server
- Require agents and managed scanners to respect controller sleep times
- Include Yara to plugin 91990
- Remove truncation of custom PDF report grouped by plugin
Bug Fixes and ImprovementsVersion 6.10.1
- Fix authenticated file upload vulnerability on Windows
- Prevent truncation of plugin info on HTML reports
- Plugin 91990 re-added to malware policy
- Remove extra commas from imported text file targets list
- Enable Host Tagging option for managed scanners only
- Fix empty page display on old version of Firefox
Bug Fixes and ImprovementsVersion 6.10.0
- When linking Nessus to Tenable.io using the activation wizard, the scanner fails to link properly, even though it appears to be successful.
New Features / Expanded Platform Support
- Tenable.io Offline Scanner
- Support for Nessus agents + managed scanners on SUSE 11/12