This article, List open ports and listening services, originally appeared on TechRepublic.com. One of the biggest headaches for network administrators is open ports on devices. Unless you manually ...

A port is a numeric identifier for software that runs on a computer, like Web server or email server software. When a port is open, it's accepting connections from the outside world. It's not uncommon ...

Press "Windows-R" to open a Run box. Type "cmd" -- without quotes here and throughout -- in the "Open" field, then press "Enter." If a User Account Control message displays, click the "Yes" button. A ...

A Port basically serves as an interface between your computer and the internet or other computers in the network. Every communication over the web is exchanged using these ports, so they are an ...

Mobile applications that open ports on Android smartphones are opening those phones to remote hacking, claims a team of researchers from the University of Michigan. Open ports are a well-known threat ...

The recent WannaCry and NotPetya attacks were made possible by gross IT negligence. That they used a purportedly US-developed cyber weapon (which was released by a hacking group called Shadow Brokers) ...

If you're looking for a way to discover which ports are standing wide open on network machines, read about a powerful cross-platform solution that will do the trick. Editor’s note on June 4, 2015: ...