---
id: 313
title: "Passive-aggressive scan checks"
source_domain: portswigger.net
source_url: "https://portswigger.net/blog/passive-aggressive-scan-checks"
published_at: "2022-04-01 08:00"
tags: ["humor", "portswigger", "burp-scanner", "april-fools", "passive-scanning"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/313"
lang: en
---

# Passive-aggressive scan checks

## Summary

An April Fools post from PortSwigger announcing that Burp Scanner's passive checks would become 'passive-aggressive', swapping standard advisories for sarcastic remarks urging users to fix issues.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** portswigger.net
- **Published:** 2022-04-01 08:00
- **Original:** https://portswigger.net/blog/passive-aggressive-scan-checks
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/313