Using nikto to find vulnerabilities

Nikto

What is Nikto? Nikto is a server scanner that is able to scan potentially dangerous files, check outdated version of a software, and checking index files on a server. For more information about Nikto, you can find it on its official github right here

https://github.com/sullo/nikto

Steps:

  1. Open up kali linux machine
  2. Nikto is pre-installed on a kali linux OS based machine, to use it, type
    nikto -h

  3. To run the scan, type the following command on your terminal
    nikto -h target.host.ip.address

    the target host ip address can also be changed to the website address

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