As you all probably known since version 3 Nessus turned to a proprietary model and started charging for the latest plugins locking most of us out. Now we finally have a new, properly organised forked development with the name of OpenVAS - at last a decent and free Vulnerability Scanner!
OpenVAS stands for Open Vulnerability Assessment [...]

Nessconnect is an open-source software package that can connect to a Nessus or Nessus compatible server and provides an advanced graphical user interface. It also provides a command line interface, and an application programming interface in Java. Users can create custom scan profiles, generate extensive reports, and perform differential scans and analysis. Nessconnect was previously [...]

With this simple tutorial I will explain how to install Nessus client (nessus) and Nessus Daemon (nessusd) and properly register it, so you don’t end up with the limitations of a non-registered version of the vulnerability scanner.
Installing:
I personally use apt-, however, you may choose any other package manager.
apt-get install nessus nessusd -y
This will install the [...]

A new revision of Inprotect has just been released, 0.22.5 in order to fix bugs and implement feature requests submitted by the development team and users. Existing users are recommended to upgrade.
Inprotect is a web interface for Nessus and Nmap security scanners, released under GNU/GPL license. This version has the following enhancements:

Improved and fixed [...]

It’s good to see work on open source tools in the countermeasure department aswell as the attack and penetration arena.
It’s a shame since Snort and Nessus have gone semi-commercial.

I hope more people invest their time in good IDS, Firewall and IPS systems, I love things like IPCop and hope to see more products like HLBR.
HLBR [...]