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Ping Sweep

nounid 3598·updated May 9, 2026
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An attack that sends ICMP echo requests ("pings") to a range of IP addresses, with the goal of finding hosts that can be probed for vulnerabilities.

MWE

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Classifications

Entity Type

Threat92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Ping Sweeps
possessive
Ping Sweep's
pluralpossessive
Ping Sweeps'

Framework definitions

SANS Glossary of Security Terms1 senseview framework →
§1
An attack that sends ICMP echo requests ("pings") to a range of IP addresses, with the goal of finding hosts that can be probed for vulnerabilities.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
An attack that sends ICMP echo requests ("pings") to a range of IP addresses, with the goal of finding hosts that can be probed for vulnerabilities.
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