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Scanning

nounid 3986·updated May 12, 2026
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Sending packets or requests to another system to gain information to be used in a subsequent attack.

Classifications

Entity Type

Threat0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1

Sensitivity

60%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Variants

plural
Scannings
possessive
Scanning's
pluralpossessive
Scannings'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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Sending packets or requests to another system to gain information to be used in a subsequent attack.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
Sending packets or requests to another system to gain information to be used in a subsequent attack.

Outgoing relationships

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Incoming relationships

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