Defining Vulnerability Risk Management (and How to Build a Modern VRM Program)

Once upon a time just a handful of years ago, vulnerability management programs focused solely on servers, running quarterly scans that targeted only critical systems. But that was then, and you can’t afford such a limited view in the now. Truth is, vulnerability exploitation now happens...

Dive Deep into VMDR

Qualys devoted the second day of the QSC USA 2020 virtual conference entirely to vulnerability management, detection and response VMDR, a critical area for the security and compliance of hybrid cloud IT environments. Mehul Revankar, VP of Product Management and Engineering for VMDR at Qualys, set...

Unspecified Vulnerability in Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense

Cisco Firepower Management Center and Cisco Firepower Threat Defense are both products of Cisco Corporation.Cisco Firepower Management Center is a next-generation firewall management center software.Cisco Firepower Threat Defense is a set of unified software that provides next-generation firewall...

proudi.pixmd.co.kr Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1477243

Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website operator about its existence...

Rapid7 Announces Improvements to Goals and SLAs in InsightVM

We know that proving the efficacy of your vulnerability management program is no easy task. But with the Goals and SLAs feature in InsightVM, you can ensure you’re making and tracking progress toward your goals and service-level agreements SLAs at an appropriate place, as well as maintaining...

Scan Template Best Practices in InsightVM

When you start out with one of our vulnerability management solutions, Nexpose or InsightVM, one of the first things you should build and set up is a best practices Scan Template. Because best practices are constantly changing, make sure you look at the date this blog was posted and make your...

Discover A10 Networks Advanced Core OS Vulnerabilities using Qualys VMDR

The Qualys vulnerability signatures team has released a new series of signatures detections for A10 Networks ACOS Advanced Core Operating System, allowing security teams to identify A10 hosts and detect their vulnerabilities. A10 Advanced Core Operating System with true Scalable Symmetrical...

Heartland Dental’s Ambitions Land Them in the Cloud

Managing security for the largest Dental Support Organization DSO in the United States is no easy task. And sometimes, you need a security services partner to lend a helping hand. We sat down with Heartland Dental to talk about all things security, why they chose Rapid7, how quickly they’re...

Security Bulletin: Apache Derby as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to Improper Input Validation (CVE-2018-1313)

Summary Apache Derby as used by IBM QRadar SIEM is vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. Vulnerability Details CVEID: CVE-2018-1313 DESCRIPTION: Apache Derby could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by improper validation of network packets received. By sending a...

vPrioritizer - Tool To Understand The Contextualized Risk (vPRisk) On Asset-Vulnerability Relationship Level Across The Organization

As indicated by sources like vulndb & cve, on a daily basis, approximately 50 new vulnerabilities become known to industry and it’s safe to assume that count is going to increase furthermore. It’s a huge number of vulnerabilities to assess and remediate effectively and quickly. So today...

Why Every Organization Needs a Vulnerability Management Policy

The importance of information security in the modern business world cannot be overstated. It’s vital for organizations to take a proactive approach to their cybersecurity, including the development of a vulnerability management policy. In this blog post, we will discuss why vulnerability manageme...

Microsoft Exchange Servers Still Open to Actively Exploited Flaw

Over half of exposed Exchange servers are still vulnerable to a severe bug that allows authenticated attackers to execute code remotely with system privileges – even eight months after Microsoft issued a fix. The vulnerability in question CVE-2020-0688 exists in the control panel of Exchange,...

brilliantdiamond.co.kr Cross Site Scripting vulnerability OBB-1374478

Following coordinated and responsible vulnerability disclosure guidelines of the ISO 29147 standard, Open Bug Bounty has: &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspa. verified the vulnerability and confirmed its existence; &nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp&nbspb. notified the website operator about its existence...

Help Net Security – ThreadFix 3.0 Review

Help Net Security recently published a review of ThreadFix 3.0. Security Researcher, Toni Grzinic, took a deep dive into our vulnerability management platform and broke down everything from infrastructure, reporting and analytics, to integrations, and beyond. Click here to read Tonis full review ...

Applied ThreadFix: Application Portfolio Tracking

Asset management is a serious issue across the information security space. A very common challenge we see for organizations running an application security program is just getting an idea of what applications they have available and what infrastructure has been deployed to support them. You cant...

Decentralize Remediation Efforts to Gain More Efficiency with InsightVM

Let’s talk about the reality of the remediation process today. We know it is often a cumbersome and time-consuming process, and it can be challenging for a Security team to work with IT Operations and Development teams, servicing many assets and owners. There isn’t a vulnerability management team...

Discover Gentoo Linux Vulnerabilities using Qualys VMDR

The Qualys vulnerability signatures team has released a new series of signatures detections for Gentoo Linux, allowing security teams to identify Gentoo Linux hosts and detect their vulnerabilities. Gentoo Linux is a Linux distribution built using the Portage package management system. It is a fr...

Vulnerability Remediation vs. Mitigation: What’s the Difference?

Vulnerability management programs look different depending on the available resources and specific risks your organization faces. While both identifying and evaluating possible threats are important steps, the most time-consuming step is actually treating the vulnerability. Here’s where remediati...

Faraday v3.12 - Collaborative Penetration Test and Vulnerability Management Platform

There are better ways than managing vulnerabilities with spreadsheets, especially when you are working with several tools. We know it’s easy to lose trail of your efforts. In faraday you can keep track of your scanners and your team in one place, This update is focused on improving your everyday...

Removing Open Source Visibility Challenges for Security Operations Teams

Identifying security threats early can be difficult, especially when you’re running multiple security tools across disparate business units and cloud projects. When it comes to protecting cloud-native applications, separating legitimate risks from noise and distractions is often a real challenge...