SSL/TLS: Server Certificate / Certificate in Chain with RSA keys less than 2048 bits

The remote SSL/TLS server certificate and/or any of the certificates in the certificate chain is using a RSA key with less than 2048 bits. Copyright C 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right...

Exploit for CVE-2021-36934

CVE-2021-36934 CVE-2021-36934 PowerShell Fix This powershell...

Improve your threat detection and response with Microsoft and Wortell

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. The way of working is changing rapidly. Many workloads are moving to the cloud and the pandemic accelerated organizations to provide infrastructure to aid employees working from...

Improve your threat detection and response with Microsoft and Wortell

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. The way of working is changing rapidly. Many workloads are moving to the cloud and the pandemic accelerated organizations to provide infrastructure to aid employees working from...

Improve your threat detection and response with Microsoft and Wortell

This blog post is part of the Microsoft Intelligent Security Association MISA guest blog series. Learn more about MISA. The way of working is changing rapidly. Many workloads are moving to the cloud and the pandemic accelerated organizations to provide infrastructure to aid employees working from...

Unauthorized Access Vulnerability in DeepService Baseline Verification System

DeepSign Technology Co., Ltd. is a product and service provider specializing in enterprise-level security, cloud computing and IT infrastructure. An unauthorized access vulnerability exists in the DeepSign's baseline verification system, which can be exploited by attackers to obtain sensitive...

Assessing Mainframe Compliance While Minimizing Operational Impact

While many in the industry consider mainframes to be inherently secure systems that dont require additional hardening, this is not the case, according to recent Forrester surveys which reveal that security incidents are commonplace in mainframes. Mainframes are the backbone of many businesses and...

Why integrated phishing-attack training is reshaping cybersecurity—Microsoft Security

Phishing is still one of the most significant risk vectors facing enterprises today. Innovative email security technology like Microsoft Defender for Office 365 stops a majority of phishing attacks before they hit user inboxes, but no technology in the world can prevent 100 percent of phishing...

Microsoft Security: Use baseline default tools to accelerate your security career

I wrote a series of blogs last year on how gamified learning through cyber ranges can create more realistic and impactful cybersecurity learning experiences and help attract tomorrow’s security workforce. With the global talent shortage in this field, we need to work harder to bring people into t...

Metrics That Matter: Continuous Performance Optimization

To attract and retain customers, you must offer an exceptional digital experience. In an increasingly competitive business climate, organizations are fighting to maintain loyalty and keep users engaged online. The cost of switching is low, consumers are transient, and user expectations for how...

IoT Security Principles

The BSA -- also known as the Software Alliance, formerly the Business Software Alliance which explains the acronym -- is an industry lobbying group. They just published "Policy Principles for Building a Secure and Trustworthy Internet of Things." They call for: Distinguishing between consumer and...

Record 0-Second SLA PPS Mitigation

Record-High 312 Mpps Attack Mitigated in 0 Seconds On May 2, 2020, Akamai blocked a large PPS-focused attack against one of our financial services customers in 0 seconds, utilizing a proactive mitigation posture. This was one of the largest PPS levels we have on record, and the biggest mitigated ...

Description of Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Description of Update Rollup 5 for System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager Introduction This article describes the issues that are fixed in Update Rollup 5 for Microsoft System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager. This article also contains the installation instructions for Update Rollup 5 for...

baseline-data.com Cross Site Scripting vulnerability

Security Researcher kun-fly Helped patch 577 vulnerabilities Received 7 Coordinated Disclosure badges Received 40 recommendations , a holder of 7 badges for responsible and coordinated disclosure, found a security vulnerability affecting baseline-data.com website and its users. Following...

Performance Testing: Justifying Cost and Performance Improvements (Part 2)

As mentioned in the first blog in this series, Melanie, a performance engineer at VMware Carbon Black, built both baseline and investigative tests for the engineers that develop and maintain the company’s reputation services. Here’s a deeper look at these tests and how they helped the company...

The Game Changing Role of Performance Testing (Part 1)

In two previous blogs, VMware Carbon Black software engineers discussed how important it was to maintain a balance of latency, scale, and cost as they built out and enhanced the company’s reputation services. They also provided some insights into the challenges they encountered with various...

Security Update for Adobe Flash Player: February 11, 2020

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Policy Compliance Library Updates, October 2019

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 OS an...

Policy Compliance Library Updates, July 2019

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 OS an...

PT-2019-14599

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenCV version 4.1.1 Description The issue is related to an out-of-bounds read in the hal baseline::v load function located in core/hal/intrin sse.hpp, which is called from computeSSDMeanNorm in modules/video/src/dis flow.cpp. Recommendations...