A review and comparative analysis of vulnerability scanning tools for wireless LANs
Conference paper
Kejiou, A. and Bekaroo, G. 2022. A review and comparative analysis of vulnerability scanning tools for wireless LANs. 3rd International Conference on Next Generation Computing Applications (NextComp). Flic-en-Flac, Mauritius 06 - 08 Oct 2022 IEEE. pp. 1-6 https://doi.org/10.1109/nextcomp55567.2022.9932245
Type | Conference paper |
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Title | A review and comparative analysis of vulnerability scanning tools for wireless LANs |
Authors | Kejiou, A. and Bekaroo, G. |
Abstract | The 21st century has been characterized by the widespread proliferation and use of wireless networks, notably, Wireless LANs, that enhanced access to information and resources to businesses and the society at large. However, WLANs are vulnerable to a range of security issues such as replay and KRACK attacks. In addition, the underlying security protocols used within WLANs, including Wired-Equivalent Privacy and the different versions of the Wi-Fi Protected Access have had security vulnerabilities that led to deprecation of few previous versions. As such, in the process of hardening security of such networks, vulnerability assessment is important and for this, various vulnerability scanners are available on the market. This paper critically reviews and analyses key vulnerability scanners for the context of WLANs. As part of the investigation, four tools, notably Nessus Vulnerability Scanner, OpenVAS, Nexpose and GFI LanGuard are reviewed, and insights are provided following practical utilization. As key findings, different vulnerability scanners were found to address different kinds and number of vulnerabilities, where some of them can be more granular than others, even in terms of output provided to the user. Moreover, the scan duration was not consistent across tools and does not corelate with the number of vulnerabilities detected. |
Keywords | WLAN; Vulnerability Scanner; Vulnerability Assessment; Nessus Vulnerability Scanner; OpenVAS; Nexpose; GFI LanGuard |
Sustainable Development Goals | 9 Industry, innovation and infrastructure |
Middlesex University Theme | Creativity, Culture & Enterprise |
Conference | 3rd International Conference on Next Generation Computing Applications (NextComp) |
Page range | 1-6 |
Proceedings Title | 2022 3rd International Conference on Next Generation Computing Applications (NextComp) |
ISBN | |
Electronic | 9781665469548 |
Electronic | 9781665469531 |
Paperback | 9781665469555 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Publication dates | |
06 Oct 2022 | |
Online | 31 Oct 2022 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 21 Nov 2022 |
Accepted | 31 Jul 2022 |
Output status | Published |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Copyright Statement | © 2022 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works. |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1109/nextcomp55567.2022.9932245 |
Language | English |
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