So they cannot be the only security controls protecting your network. Port scanners are also used by cybercriminals to garnish vulnerability intelligence about a potential victim before launching a cyberattack.īecause many of these tools are freely accessible, you must assume that cybercriminals are using them to study your open ports. Such network reconnaissance should be completed regularly to identify and remediate vulnerabilities before they're discovered by cyberattackers. It involves identifying open ports and also sending data packets to select ports on a host to identify any vulnerabilities in received data. Port scanning is the process of analyzing the security of all ports in a network.
