Vulnerabilities are Beyond What You Think

A software vulnerability is a weakness in an operating system or application that can be exploited by an attacker to invade an IT network. When publicly disclosed, these software vulnerabilities are usually assigned a CVE identifier. CVE is a popular term when referring to a vulnerability, and 50...

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PT-2022-22225 · Unknown · Advanced School Management System

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Advanced School Management System version 1.0 Description: The issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload injected into the Edit Subject text field. This is achieved through the component...

Malicious IIS extensions quietly open persistent backdoors into servers

Attackers are increasingly leveraging Internet Information Services IIS extensions as covert backdoors into servers, which hide deep in target environments and provide a durable persistence mechanism for attackers. While prior research has been published on specific incidents and variants, little...

Aflac Reduces Critical Vulnerabilities by 55% with Qualys VMDR 2.0 with TruRisk

The following is a guest blog by Aflac, a Qualys VMDR customer, on their recent experience completing a Proof of Concept project for the newly release VMDR 2.0 with Qualys TruRisk. About Aflac Aflac Inc. NYSE: AFL is an insurance leader and the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the...

Microsoft Patch Tuesday July 2022: propaganda report, CSRSS EoP, RPC RCE, Edge, Azure Site Recovery

Hello everyone! Microsoft has been acting weird lately. I mean the recent publication of a propaganda report about evil Russians and how Microsoft is involved in the conflict between countries. It wouldnt be unusual for a US government agency, NSA or CIA to publish such a report. But when a globa...

Deploying a SOAR Tool Doesn’t Have to Be Hard: I’ve Done It Twice

As the senior information security engineer at Brooks, an international running shoe and apparel company, I can appreciate the challenge of launching a security orchestration, automation, and response SOAR tool for the first time. I’ve done it at two different companies, so I’ll share some lesson...

Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (More Data): What Security Pros Are Saying

Eight in 10 organizations collect, process, and analyze security operations data from more than 10 sources, ESG identified in a new ebook SOC Modernization and the Role of XDR, sponsored by Rapid7. Security professionals believe that the most important sources are endpoint security data 24%, thre...

Mind the Gap – How to Ensure Your Vulnerability Detection Methods are up to Scratch — The Hacker News

With global cybercrime costs expected to reach $10.5 trillion annually by 2025, it comes as little surprise that the risk of attack is companies' biggest concern globally. To help businesses uncover and fix the vulnerabilities and misconfigurations affecting their systems, there is an overabundan...

InsightVM Release Update: Let’s Focus on Remediation for Just a Minute

Think of an endeavor in your life where your success is entirely dependent on the success of others. What’s the first example that comes to mind? It’s common in team sports – a quarterback and a wide receiver, a fullback and their goalie, an equestrian and their horse. What if you narrow the scop...

Update now—July Patch Tuesday patches include fix for exploited zero-day

It’s time to triage a lot of patching again. Microsoft’s July Patch Tuesday includes an actively exploited local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Windows Client/Server Runtime Subsystem CSRSS. This vulnerability immediately made it to the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency CI...

CISA Adds One Known Exploited Vulnerability to Catalog 

CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: to view the newly added...

Rethinking Vulnerability Management in a Heightened Threat Landscape

Mariano Nunez, CEO, Onapsis Repeated warnings from CISA and the Biden Administration on the Russian cyber threat over the last several months have heightened the state of alertness for U.S. agencies and businesses across industries, which are expecting ‘tit-for-tat’ cyberattacks from Russia in...

Introducing security for unmanaged devices in the Enterprise network with Microsoft Defender for IoT

How many IoT devices are used at your company? If yours is like most organizations, there are probably printers, scanners, and fax machines scattered around the office. Perhaps smart TVs are mounted at reception or in the break room to guide visitors and keep employees up-to-date on company event...

PT-2022-21963 · Eqs · Eqs Integrity Line

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: EQS Integrity Line through 2022-07-01 Description: The issue allows a stored XSS via a crafted whistleblower entry. Recommendations: For EQS Integrity Line through 2022-07-01, consider restricting access to the whistleblower entry feature unt...

Vulnerability Management news and publications #1

Hello everyone! In this episode, I will try to revive Security News with a focus on Vulnerability Management. On the one hand, creating such reviews requires free time, which could be spent more wisely, for example, on open source projects or original research. On the other hand, there are...

CISA Adds Eight Known Exploited Vulnerabilities to Catalog  

CISA has added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. These types of vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: to view the newly...

How the Evolution of Agents has Been Essential for Modern Database Security

In today’s data driven world, every organization’s most important asset is their data. Accordingly and similarly to other protected components like applications, web and peripheral gateways, databases require a dedicated security solution as well. An essential database security solution must...

PT-2022-3080 · Honeywell · Honeywell Experion Pks Safety Manager

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Honeywell Experion PKS Safety Manager version 5.02 Description: The issue is related to insufficient verification of data authenticity, allowing for potential firmware manipulation. The affected component is the firmware update functionality...

The Inevitable Need for Advanced Vulnerability Management

We have read enough and more news in recent times on the surge in cyberattacks. It is crystal clear that attackers are not leaving out even the tiniest of security loopholes and are coming up with smarter ways to invade our IT network. Vulnerability management is the most crucial cyber defense...