Vulnerability Scanning: articles and guides

A plain-English explainer on ACAS, the US Department of Defense's mandated vulnerability-scanning solution: what it is, the components it is built on, who must use it, and how it fits into DoD compliance alongside STIGs and the Risk Management Framework (RMF). Factual, defensive and without fabricated specifics.

VirusTotal shipped VTAI, a free MCP server and REST API for checking files, URLs, domains and IPs — no paid key required. Here is how it actually compares to the abuse.ch feeds, urlscan.io, Google Safe Browsing and MetaDefender Cloud on coverage, quotas and auth friction.