Stop Patching at Human Speed: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Distribution Closes the Remediation Gap Before Attackers Strike

Executive Summary Knowing what’s exploitable is only half the battle. P2P patch distribution turns your endpoints into a delivery network, cutting patch propagation by up to 92%, reducing WAN bandwidth by 99%+, and helping close critical vulnerabilities before attackers can move. Available now in...

Bringing AI Code Security into Qualys ETM

A first-class data model for the next generation of findings AI-driven code security is becoming a real category. Anthropic's Claude Code Security and OpenAI's Codex Security are the leading examples, and more will follow. These tools reason about source code at a depth that traditional SAST cann...

Qualys TotalAI Achieves FedRAMP Moderate (FedRAMP Certified Class C) Authorization

Key Takeaways Federal AI adoption is accelerating faster than governance and approved security tooling. Risk now spans models, infrastructure, and the software supply chain. AI threats often mimic normal usage, which makes it difficult to detect with static methods. Meeting mandated federal...

Handling the Vulnerability Surge in the Post-Mythos Era

How to Operationalize Hyper-Prioritization and Autonomous Remediation with Qualys Executive Summary The Mythos era, defined by a surge of AI-driven vulnerabilities from frontier models like Anthropic 's Claude Mythos, requires security teams to fundamentally move from manual to an autonomous...

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AI Security POC A fully containerised proof-of-concept for te...

Don’t Wait for a Patch. Mitigate RedSun Zero-Day Risk in Microsoft Defender Today

Key Takeaways RedSun is a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender that allows low-privileged users to gain SYSTEM access No patch is currently available, leaving all Defender-enabled Windows systems potentially exposed Qualys VMDR detects affected assets instantly QID 92382 TruRisk...

Qualys VMDR and TotalCloud™ Now Available on Oracle Cloud Marketplace

Key Takeaways Qualys VMDR and TotalCloud are now available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, simplifying procurement and deployment for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OCI customers. Organizations can deploy security faster with native OCI integration and one-click provisioning. The combined platform...

Anatomy of an Autonomous AI Agent Risk: How Qualys ETM Connects the Dots on OpenClaw

Executive Summary An unauthorized OpenClaw AI agent was detected disguised as a routine package on a Windows Server host. The situation escalated into a priority incident when Qualys ETM analyzed and correlated four distinct signals. While none of these signals alone warranted urgent action, the...

Optimizing Risk Discovery and Remediation with Qualys Gateway Service (QGS)

Unpatched vulnerabilities remain one of the largest drivers of cyber risk, accounting for nearly 60% of cyber compromises. Modern security programs are therefore measured not only by how quickly they discover risk, but also by how efficiently they remediate it. As organizations scale vulnerabilit...

Bringing Continuous Assessment to Harbor: Scan on Push, Stay Secure Over Time

Key Takeaways Harbor environments often run separate scanners, such as Trivy at build time and Qualys at runtime, leading to repeated full-image rescans across hundreds of thousands of images and increasing compute usage, scan time, and operational costs. Integrating QScanner with Harbor eliminat...

‘CrackArmor’ Vulnerability in AppArmor Impacts 12.6M Linux Systems

Qualys uncovers 'CrackArmor' vulnerabilities in AppArmor that could expose 12.6M Linux systems to root access and container escapes...

Debian dsa-6163 : affs-modules-6.1.0-43-4kc-malta-di - security update

The remote Debian 12 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dsa-6163 advisory. - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-6163-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/securit...

5 Best Qualys Replacement Solutions Reviewed

Knowing you have vulnerabilities is one thing; knowing if your defenses can actually stop an attack is another. Traditional vulnerability scanners tell you where the holes are, but they don't tell you if your security controls are configured correctly or if they'll perform under pressure. This is...

Cyber Essentials Plus in 2026: Strengthened Controls, UK Cyber Reality & How Qualys Supports Compliance

Key Takeaways CE+ 2026 Updates: Effective April 2026, Cyber Essentials Plus requires stronger technical proof of control effectiveness, mandatory MFA, and tighter patching windows. Cloud and Identity in Scope: Audits now explicitly include cloud services and identity configurations, demanding...

MAL-2026-914 Malicious code in @qualys/react-web (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 5c63e27e2c86203c152f6f7bfc30136a44d93bfbc84522fcf86ca97976511a59 The package @qualys/react-web was found to contain malicious code. Source: ossf-package-analysis...

Malicious code in @qualys/react-web (npm)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: amazon-inspector 5c63e27e2c86203c152f6f7bfc30136a44d93bfbc84522fcf86ca97976511a59 The package @qualys/react-web was found to contain malicious code. Source: ossf-package-analysis...

Navigating Change: Evolving Your Exposure Management Strategy in a Post-Kenna World with Qualys

Key Takeaways Cisco is ending support for it vuln management product formerly Kenna Security by June 2028 Risk-based vulnerability management RBVM used to be adequate, but is no longer sufficient Exposure assessment platforms allow you to assess risks from all organizational risk surfaces SOC...

The Future of Cloud Security: A New Act for Cyber Risk Operations

Qualys, the leader in Cyber Risk Operations, is proud to be recognized in Latio Tech’s 2025 Cloud Security Market Report as a leader in both CTEM and the Cloud Security Ecosystem. This acknowledgement by Latio Tech reinforces the strength of our strategy—anchored by the industry’s first Risk...

Battle Compliance Confusion and Security Fatigue with Qualys and ServiceNow

Once upon a time, your biggest worry was whether Dave in Accounting would click on a suspicious link. Today, you wish Dave were your only worry. You’re likely balancing four major clouds, including AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Oracle, plus on-premises, hybrid environments, thousands of ephemeral...

CVE-2025-43079

The Qualys Cloud Agent included a bundled uninstall script qagentuninstall.sh, specific to Mac and Linux supported versions that invoked multiple system commands without using absolute paths and without sanitizing the $PATH environment. If the uninstall script is executed with elevated privileges...