There are different type of vulnerability scan. The type of vulnerability scan mimics the work of a threat actor is called Credential Vulnerability Scan.
Credential Vulnerability Scan is known to be a scan in which there is a valid authentication of credentials Example are usernames and passwords etc. are known to be supplied to the vulnerability scanner to mimic the work of a threat actor that has these credentials.
They are known to be very slow but can give an in-depth insight into the system by accessing a wide range of the installed software
