Nmap is a free and open source utility for network discovery and security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime.
Nmap 7.80, released at DEF CON, is the first formal Nmap release since March 2018.
It includes a mature Npcap raw packet capturing/sending driver, 11 new NSE scripts, a bunch of new libraries, bug fixes and performance improvements.
Significant changes since Nmap 7.70
Nmap team has created the Npcap raw packet capturing/sending driver because the previously used Winpcap hasn’t been updated since 2013, doesn’t always work on Windows 10, and depends on long-deprecated Windows APIs.
Npcap uses modern APIs, is more performant, secure and featureful. Nmap 7.80 updates the bundled Npcap from version 0.99-r2 ..
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