Project #1- Install Nessus Threat vulnerability scanner tool

Nessus vulnerability scanner is exactly what you think is its! A vulnerability scanner!

It uses techniques similar to Nmap to find and report vulnerabilities, which are then, presented in a nice GUI for us to look at.

Nessus is different from other scanners as it doesn't make assumptions when scanning,

like assuming the web application is running on port 80 for instance.

Nessus offers a free and paid service, in which some features are left out from the free to make you more inclined to buy the paid service.

Their pricing is similar to Burp Suite, so unless you got some spare change, we will just be using their free version.

Installation

Go the tenable website to download this software for your flexible platform windows, Linux or MAC OS -

Download Link-: https://www.tenable.com/products/nessus/nessus-essentials

Step #1

First of register your account on this tenable website

Step #2

Nessus downloads to a website so I was downloading this software in my Linux virtual machine.

We will then download the Nessus-#.##.#-debian6_amd64.deb file

Step #3

In the terminal we will navigate to that folder and run the following command:

sudo dpkg -i package_file.deb (your downloading package)

Step #4

We will now start the Nessus Service with the command:

sudo /bin/systemctl start nessusd.service

Step #5

Open up Firefox and goto the following URL:

You may be prompted with a security risk alert.

Click Advanced... -> Accept the Risk and Continue

Step #6

Next, we will set up the scanner.

Select the option Nessus Essentials

Clicking the Skip button will bring us to a page, which we will input that code we got in the email from Nessus.

Step #7

Fill out the Username and Password fields. Make sure to use a strong password!

Step #8

Nessus will now install the plugins required for it to function.

This will take some time, which will depend on your internet connection and the hardware attached to your VM.

If the progress bar appears to be not moving, it means you do not have enough space on the VM to install.

Step #9

Log in with the account credentials you made earlier.

Step #10

You have now successfully installed Nessus!

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