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External Exposure Monitor: attack surface, lookalike domains and SSL

How HOPLONai's External Exposure Monitor maps your external attack surface: vulnerabilities, open ports, WAF status, lookalike domains and SSL certificates.

The External Exposure Monitor provides a comprehensive overview of the website’s security posture. It includes organization external surface analysis, port status, and identified external vulnerabilities on your websites/web apps etc. This module helps in detecting potential threats, misconfigurations, and exposure points, ensuring proactive security measures are in place.

The External Exposure Monitor provides a comprehensive overview of the website’s security posture. It includes organization external surface analysis, port status, and identified external vulnerabilities on your websites/web apps etc. This module helps in detecting potential threats, misconfigurations, and exposure points, ensuring proactive security measures are in place.

Security Actions

This section allows for the IT admin to open and fill the penetration test forms in a matter of minutes . Alongside this action, on-demand scan will scan the website for security errors or misconfigurations for the latest updates.

Website Risk Insights

Total Risks

This section categorizes the website's vulnerabilities into various severity levels, providing a detailed breakdown of potential risks and their impact. The severity levels are defined as follows:

  1. Critical: Risks that pose an immediate and severe threat to the website's functionality, security, or data integrity. These vulnerabilities could lead to complete system compromise, data breaches, or significant downtime. Immediate action is required to mitigate these risks.

  2. High: Risks that have a substantial impact on the website's security or performance but may not be as immediately threatening as critical risks. These vulnerabilities could lead to unauthorized access, data leakage, or significant operational disruptions. Prompt attention and remediation are necessary.

  3. Medium: Risks that present a moderate level of threat to the website. These vulnerabilities may not have an immediate impact but could be exploited under certain conditions, potentially leading to limited data exposure or minor operational issues. These should be addressed in a timely manner.

  4. Low: Risks that have a minimal impact on the website's overall security or performance. These vulnerabilities are typically harder to exploit and may only result in minor inconveniences or limited information disclosure. While not urgent, these should still be monitored and resolved as resources allow.

  5. Informational: These are not actual risks but rather observations or findings that provide useful context about the website's configuration, performance, or security posture. They do not pose a direct threat but can offer insights for optimizing the website's security and functionality.

The time chart below focuses on a spike in vulnerabilities so visibility is always clear.

External Surface Analysis

This section provides a comprehensive analysis of the website's external attack surface, including Port detection, Web Application Firewall status, company domains, lookalike domains and status of SSL Certificates.

Port Detection

WAF Status

Indicates whether a WAF is actively deployed and protecting the website.

Domains

This Number provides a detailed inventory of all active subdomains associated with the primary domain.

Clicking on the card will provide with a list of the subdomains.

Lookalike Domain

A list of domains that closely resemble the primary domain. Lookalike domains are a common tool used in typosquatting attacks, where malicious actors register domains that closely resemble legitimate ones to deceive users. These domains can be used for phishing, credential theft, malware distribution, or fraud. Monitoring and identifying lookalike domains helps organizations proactively protect their brand, customers, and employees from cyber threats by preventing unauthorized impersonation and mitigating potential security risks before they cause harm.

Clicking on the card provides a full list of the lookalike domains.

SSL/Deprecated Certificates Checked

A list of domains and subdomains with valid SSL/TLS certificates and A list of domains or subdomains with expired SSL certificates, can lead to browser warnings and loss of user trust.

Clicking on the card will provide detailed information for SSL/deprecated certificates.

Port status

This table provides a detailed overview of the status of ports associated with the website's external surface, including whether they are open, closed.

Vulnerability Information

This table offers a comprehensive overview of detected vulnerabilities. Each row presents the severity level (critical, high, medium, low, or informational) along with the specific name of the vulnerability.

Clicking on a vulnerability will provide Severity, Description, Solution and a reference link.

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