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Automated vulnerability scanning

Software tools that probe websites and networks at scale for exploitable security weaknesses.

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Latvian police trace two extortion breaches to one man running an automated scanner

Latvian police say one man with an automated scanner and an anonymous mailbox turned two mid-sized company websites into an extortion business. Investigators linked the two cases on similarities in the methods used.

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Builder 23%
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Operator 65%
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Investor 12%

Reality

Evidence74
Adoption
Insufficient
Hype gap+8
Incentives45
Confidence72