Category: Qualys
An End-to-End Approach to Next-Gen Web Application and API Security
It was almost 10 years ago that Marc Andreessen wrote that software is eating the world. It is still true today, but I would be even more specific and say that web applications and APIs are eating the world. Our businesses run on web apps andThe Evolution of the Qualys Cloud Platform
The global pandemic has upended everything, and in the cyber security world in particular it has highlighted the need for organizations to have a cloud-based security and compliance platform, Qualys President and Chief Product Officer SumedhNSA Alert: Chinese State-Sponsored Actors Exploit Known Vulnerabilities
On October 20, 2020, the United States National Security Agency (NSA) released a cybersecurity advisory on Chinese state-sponsored malicious cyber activity. The NSA alert provided a list of 25 publicly known vulnerabilities that are known to beQualys Policy Compliance Plugin for Jenkins Now Available
Various factors may introduce vulnerabilities in a product during its lifecycle, resulting in a drift from the required compliance status. Hence, it is of utmost importance that security is baked into the product at every stage of developmentInstrument VMware Virtual Machines for Security and Compliance
How do you ensure Qualys is managing the security and compliance of all your VMware workloads? First, you need to have Qualys Cloud Agent installed and running on all of your VMware virtual machines. While VMware vCenter knows the exactPAN-OS Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2020-2040) – Automatically Discover, Prioritize and Remediate Using Qualys VMDR®
On Sept 9, 2020, Palo Alto Networks published nine security bulletins addressing vulnerabilities in PAN-OS operating system versions 8.0 or later. One of the nine CVEs released, CVE-2020-2040, received a critical severity rating score of 9.8Unified Dashboard for Enhanced Security Visualization
Qualys has introduced a new app named Unified Dashboard (UD) to enrich your dashboarding experience. Unified Dashboard (UD) brings information from all Qualys applications into a single place for visualization. UD adds a powerful newSeptember 2020 Patch Tuesday – 129 Vulnerabilities, 23 Critical, SharePoint, Exchange, Windows Codecs, Adobe Vulns
This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 129 vulnerabilities with 23 of them labeled as Critical. The 23 Critical vulnerabilities cover SharePoint, Exchange, Dynamics 365, Windows Codecs, and several other workstation vulnerabilities.Detect FritzFrog and Other Malware Infections with Inventory Data
Recently, Guardicore researchers discovered a new type of malware called “FritzFrog,” which targets multiple industry verticals, including government, finance, and healthcare. It employs brute-forcing SSH credentials as an initial attack vector,Meow Attack: A Reminder for Organizations to Identify and Secure Their Databases
Thousands of unsecured internet-facing databases have fallen prey to the “Meow” attack and have been permanently destroyed. Meow attacks replace the original index with a newly created one with the suffix “-meow”. With no ransomware demands orLoad More