Webcast Q&A: Automating the CIS Critical Security Controls

Qualys Product Management Director Tim White and SANS Institute Analyst John Pescatore did a deep dive into the Center for Internet Security’s Critical Security Controls during a recent webcast, and answered questions from audience members about these 20 foundational security practices, and about...

Korenix JetNet

CVSS v3 9.8 ATTENTION: Remotely exploitable/low skill level to exploit. Vendor: Korenix Equipment: JetNet Vulnerabilities: Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key, Use of Hard-coded Credentials AFFECTED PRODUCTS The following versions of JetNet, an Ethernet switch, are affected: JetNet5018G version...

The Shift from Securing our Networks to Enabling the Digital Transformation of our Enterprises

It’s not yet Thursday, but attendees at Qualys Security Conference 2017 were treated to a major “throwback” as CEO and Chairman Philippe Courtot journeyed back centuries during QSC17’s opening keynote to illustrate the seismic changes of today’s digital revolution. Courtot cited some of history’s...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from vendo...

Bugcrowd Integration Now Available in Qualys Web Application Scanning

The new version of Qualys Web Application Scanning, WAS 5.7, adds an integration with Bugcrowd for centralized viewing and triaging of both WAS automated vulnerability detections and vulnerabilities submitted by Bugcrowd's approved security researchers. Qualys WAS customers running a bug bounty...

QSC17 Focuses on Digital Transformation’s Challenges and Opportunities

Qualys Security Conference 2017 finds Qualys rapidly advancing in its ongoing quest to seamlessly and transparently thread security into the fabric of IT environments, and to make it essential for digital transformation. At QSC17, happening this week in Las Vegas, Qualys executives will share how...

Microsoft’s October Patch Batch Fixes 62 Flaws

Microsoft on Tuesday released software updates to fix at least 62 security vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and other software. Two of those flaws were detailed publicly before yesterday's patches were released, and one of them is already being exploited in active attacks, so attackers already...

CentOS 6 : kernel (CESA-2017:2795)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

2-Year-Old Linux Kernel Issue Resurfaces As High-Risk Flaw

A bug in Linux kernel that was discovered two years ago, but was not considered a security threat at that time, has now been recognised as a potential local privilege escalation flaw. Identified as CVE-2017-1000253, the bug was initially discovered by Google researcher Michael Davidson in April...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:2794)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2794 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2017:2797)

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Telco Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

RHEL 7 : kernel (RHSA-2017:2793)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2793 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel...

RHEL 6 : kernel (RHSA-2017:2800)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2017:2800 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: A flaw was found in the way the Linux kernel...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Advanced Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 Telco Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Advanced Update Support and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5 Telco Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base...

Linux Kernel 3.10.0-514.21.2.el7.x86_64 3.10.0-514.26.1.el7.x86_64 (CentOS 7) - SUID Position Independent Executable PIE Local Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel 3.10.0-514.21.2.el7.x8664 3.10.0-514.26.1.el7.x8664 CentOS 7 - SUID Position Independent Executable PIE Local Privilege Escalation / CVE-2017-1000253.c - an exploit for CentOS-7 kernel versions 3.10.0-514.21.2.el7.x8664 and 3.10.0-514.26.1.el7.x8664 Copyright C 2017 Qualys, Inc. This...

Call for Papers: Qualys Security Conference 2017

Our annual user conference, QSC17, is quickly approaching and we are looking for customer presentations that showcase hot topics related to security and best practices via case studies leveraging the use of Qualys technologies. If you would like to be considered as a presenter, please send a...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with commonly adhered to security standards and regulations. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware...

Qualys Cloud Suite 8.10.2 New Features

This new patch release of the Qualys Cloud Suite, version 8.10.2, includes updates to shared platform features, a new role for user management, and expanded Policy Compliance platform support. Feature Highlights Qualys Cloud Platform Limit number of external scanners – You can now limit the numbe...