Implementing the CIS 20 Critical Security Controls: Delving into More Sophisticated Techniques

Corden Pharma needed a standardized security program to meet customer requirements. Link3 Technologies wanted to prioritize its network security improvements. Telenet was looking for a road map to implement its ISO-27000 compliance program. These three companies — a German pharmaceutical contract...

Qualys Cloud Platform 8.11.2 New Features

This new patch release of the Qualys Cloud Platform, version 8.11.2, includes updates to shared platform features, Qualys Vulnerability Management and Qualys Policy Compliance SCAP scanning. Update 12/1/2017: New Vulnerability Management feature added below. Feature Highlights Cloud Platform User...

Implementing the CIS 20 Critical Security Controls: Building Upon Foundational Cyber Hygiene

Most successful cyber attacks exploit known vulnerabilities for which patches are available, or take advantage of weak configuration settings that could have been easily hardened. You can significantly lower the risk of being victimized by this type of common, preventable attack by adopting the...

Implementing the CIS 20 Critical Security Controls: Slash Risk of Cyber Attacks by 85%

If a CISO needed to cut cyber attack risk by 85%, how would this security chief go about accomplishing that? Would the CISO even know where to begin? It’s safe to say that such a mandate would be considered daunting, and maybe even overwhelming. CISOs are scrambling to protect IT infrastructures...

USN-3468-3: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities

It was discovered that the KVM subsystem in the Linux kernel did not properly bound guest IRQs. A local attacker in a guest VM could use this to cause a denial of service host system crash. CVE-2017-1000252 It was discovered that the Flash-Friendly File System f2fs implementation in the Linux...

Huawei FusionSphere OpenStack Signature Validation Vulnerability

Huawei FusionSphere and FusionSphere OpenStack FSO are both Huawei products. The former is a cloud operating system product developed based on the OpenStack framework, and the latter is FusionSphere's cloud platform software in ICT scenarios. A signature validation vulnerability exists in Huawei...

Huawei FusionSphere OpenStack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Huawei FusionSphere and FusionSphere OpenStack FSO are both Huawei products. The former is a cloud operating system product developed based on the OpenStack framework, and the latter is FusionSphere's cloud platform software in ICT scenarios. An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Huaw...

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...

USN-3443-3: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerability

Andrey Konovalov discovered that a divide-by-zero error existed in the TCP stack implementation in the Linux kernel. A local attacker could use this to cause a denial of service system crash. CVE-2017-14106...

Huawei FusionSphere OpenStack Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-34443)

Huawei FusionSphere and FusionSphere OpenStack FSO are both Huawei products. The former is a cloud operating system product developed based on the OpenStack framework, and the latter is FusionSphere's cloud platform software in ICT scenarios. Huawei FusionSphere OpenStack suffers from an...

Weak Password Vulnerability in MingnewCloud Industrial Cloud Platform System APP Android Version

Shanghai Mingniu Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned domestic software and hardware developer, focusing on providing customers of different sizes with integrated industrial internet solutions such as remote equipment monitoring, big data analysis, intelligent operation and...

Kubebot: A Kubernetes Based Security Testing Slackbot

PenTestIT RSS Feed About a week ago, I blogged about List of Portable Hardware Devices for Penetration Testing. The tool that I am blogging about today - Kubebot - can be an awesome example and be installed very easily on a Raspberry Pi that you have lying around. Best part is that this is open...

How to Secure Public Clouds while Boosting Digital Transformation

It’s happening all over the business world. Organizations of all sizes and in all industries are aggressively deploying innovative products to new online consumer channels, digitizing their core services and transitioning core business workloads to public clouds as part of digital transformation...

Introducing the Qualys New Look and Positioning

Dear Customer, Partner and Security Professional, I would like to thank all of you for your support during our ongoing journey to a world where we are making security invisible and an integrated component of the Digital Transformation of our enterprises. With your help and the dedication of our...

Shenzhen Cloud Box Technology Co., Ltd. cloud platform exists s2-045 command execution vulnerability

Cloudbox is a private cloud storage platform for enterprise document aggregation, distribution monitoring and collaboration based on mobile networks. Shenzhen Cloud Box Technology Co., Ltd. cloud platform using Apache as the framework, the framework exists s2-045 command execution vulnerability...

Solution Corner: Malwarebytes Endpoint Protection

We’ve been busy here at Malwarebytes with several product announcements recently. Malwarebytes Incident Response was released in late April, providing threat detection and remediation via our new cloud-based platform. Right on its heels, leveraging the same platform is Malwarebytes Endpoint...

Qualys Cloud Platform 2.27 New Features

This release of the Qualys Cloud Platform version 2.27 includes updates and new features for Cloud Agent and AssetView as follows: Highlights Platform / Cloud Agent API Host Asset Management API – updated to query on and return additional Cloud Agent attributes. The new attribute fields are not...

Qualys Support for Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Cyber Security Guidelines

Reserve Bank of India RBI, India's central banking and monetary authority, points out that the number, frequency, and impact of cyber incidents on Indian banks has increased substantially. Like their peers globally, Indian banks are committed to maintaining customer trust, protecting financial...

Qualys Cloud Platform 2.26 New Features

This release of the Qualys Cloud Platform version 2.26 includes updates and new features for Cloud Agent, AssetView, Security Assessment Questionnaire and Web Application Scanning as follows: Highlights Cloud Agent Platform View Module Activation Job Status – adds a button in Agent Management tab...

Google Cloud Platform Compute Engine Instance Metadata Enumeration (Unix)

The remote host appears to be a Google Compute Engine instance. Nessus was able to use the metadata API to collect information about the system. TRUSTED...