Exploit Hound: threat data, email and scan reports
For whoever administers Exploit Hound's configuration and the technicians who send its reports: the five vulnerability data sources, why the one-time full NVD sync comes before relying on findings and how the free NVD and GitHub keys speed it up, running the sync safely, SMTP set-up for Gmail, SendGrid and AWS SES, and the reports: the automatic PDF after each scan emailed to the asset owner, and the Vulnerability, Executive and Asset reports in PDF, HTML or JSON.
- Level
- Intermediate
- Length
- About 50 minutes
- Contents
- 3 lessons · 1 video · final exam
- Status
- Published · updated 2 Oct 2026
- Exploit Hound
Skills you'll practise
- Name Exploit Hound's vulnerability data sources and what each contributes
- Plan and run the one-time NVD sync safely, with or without an NVD API key
- Create and check the NVD key and GitHub token with the documented scopes
- Configure SMTP for Gmail, SendGrid or AWS SES and fix common authentication mistakes
- Predict who receives a scan report and choose the right report kind and format for an audience
Course outline
- 1.Exploit Hound: threat data, email and scan reportsVideo · 2 min
- 2.Where the vulnerability data comes fromLesson · 18 min
- 3.Email: getting reports to ownersLesson · 15 min
- 4.Scan reportsLesson · 17 min
- 5.Exploit Hound: threat data, email and scan reports: knowledge checkKnowledge check · 16 questions
- 6.Final exam10 questions · passing it completes the course, so people who already know the material can test out
Sources it draws on
The lessons and questions are written from these references, so learners can go back to the original.
See it with your own jobs and topics
Tell us about your team and we'll walk you through setup, from choosing jobs to your first skills check.