[Lynis 1.4.2] Security and System Auditing Tool to Harden Linux Systems

Lynis is an auditing tool for Unix/Linux. It performs a security scan and determines the hardening state of the machine. Any detected security issues will be provided in the form of a suggestion or warning. Beside security related information it will also scan for general system information,...

[Lynis 1.4.0] Security and System Auditing Tool to Harden Linux Systems

Lynis is an auditing tool for Unix/Linux. It performs a security scan and determines the hardening state of the machine. Any detected security issues will be provided in the form of a suggestion or warning. Beside security related information it will also scan for general system information,...

Rogue software update cause Malware attack on Japanese Nuclear Power Plant

The most critical and worst target of a State-sponsored cyber-attacks could be Hospitals, Dams, Dykes and Nuclear power stations and this may cause military conflicts between countries. According to Japan Today, The Monju nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan was accidentally targeted by a malwar...

6 Tips to Save Time Doing Patch Management

If you spend more than a few hours a month doing patching; if you stay up until the middle of the night one Saturday each month doing patching; if you just flip on automatic updates and hope for the best; or if you email your users instructions on how to update their machines – then you’re doing ...

Solaris 8 (sparc) : 143320-05

Sun Management Center 4.0: Patch for Solaris 8. Date this patch was last updated by Sun : Apr/05/12 %NASLMINLEVEL 70300 C Tenable Network Security, Inc. The descriptive text in this plugin was extracted from the Oracle SunOS Patch Updates. include'deprecatednasllevel.inc'; include'compat.inc'; if...

Department of Energy Susceptible to Attack

An audit of the Department of Energy has shown that 29 new weaknesses emerged on the agency’s networks this year in addition to 10 existing that the DoE failed to fix after a 2012 audit. The audit, undertaken by the Office of Inspector General and the Office of Audits and Inspections, revealed...

A Decade of Microsoft Patch Tuesday Security Updates

On Oct. 9, 2003, Microsoft announced its new security patching process that would end up being a catalyst for significant change in the information security community. Ten years ago, the program was announced with a press release that promised “Improved patch management processes, policies and...

[Secunia CSI 7.0] Next generation Patch Management Tool

Cybercrime costs organizations millions of dollars and to protect business from the consequences of security breaches, vulnerability intelligence and patch management are basic necessities in the toolbox of any IT team, as emphasized by organizations like the SANS Institute and the National...

Secunia CSI 7.0 - Next generation Patch Management tool released

Cybercrime costs organizations millions of dollars and to protect business from the consequences of security breaches, vulnerability intelligence and patch management are basic necessities in the toolbox of any IT team, as emphasized by organizations like the SANS Institute and the National...

Secunia CSI 7.0 - Next generation Patch Management tool released

Cybercrime costs organizations millions of dollars and to protect business from the consequences of security breaches, vulnerability intelligence and patch management are basic necessities in the toolbox of any IT team, as emphasized by organizations like the SANS Institute and the National...

Patch Efficiently with Automated Patch Management

You've got to ask yourself one question. How much hassle does patching cause you? Is the second Tuesday of each month something you dread, or is it just another day for you? If you spend days and days testing and deploying patches; if you stay up until the wee hours of the morning one weekend eac...

Patch Efficiently with Automated Patch Management

You’ve got to ask yourself one question. How much hassle does patching cause you? Is the second Tuesday of each month something you dread, or is it just another day for you? If you spend days and days testing and deploying patches; if you stay up until the wee hours of the morning one weekend eac...

VMware vCenter Update Manager Detection (credentialed check)

VMware vCenter Update Manager also known as vSphere Update Manager was detected on the remote Windows host. This application is used to manage patches on vSphere hosts. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid66908; scriptversion"1.8";...

Patch Management: HCL BigFix Get Installed Packages

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GAO: Flaws in IRS Network Could Put Taxpayer Information in Jeopardy

The United States Government Accountability Office GAO believes that “serious weaknesses remain” in the ways that the Internal Revenue Service handles its internal network, problems that could directly implicate taxpayer data according to a report the regulatory group released on Friday. The...

Patch Management Auditing Satisfied

This plugin will report that all vulnerabilities correspond using the available patch management solutions and/or Nessus. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if NASLLEVEL 3000 exit0; if description scriptid64295; scriptversion"$Revision: 1.1 $"; scriptcvsdate"$Date: 2013/01/30...

Patch Management Windows Auditing Conflicts

This plugin compares vulnerabilities reported by Nessus and supplied patch management results to determine conflicts in Windows patches. The report will allow you to audit your patch management solution to determine if it is reporting properly. TRUSTED...

Java 7u11 Update Addresses Only One of Two Zero-Day Vulnerabilities

Microsoft can take some solace that it is not alone in sending out security updates that don’t fully address a zero-day vulnerability. A researcher at Immunity Inc., put Oracle on a similar hot seat this week when he reported that a recent out-of-band Java update repaired only one of two Java fla...

Yahoo data leak by Virus_Hima, Why do we need a proactive security?

In November I was contacted for first time by the Egyptian Hacker named ViruSHimA who announced me to have hacked into Adobe servers and leaked private data. The hacker violated Adobe servers gaining full access and dumping the entire database with more of 150,000 emails and hashed passwords of...

ManageEngine Security Manager Plus Detection

The remote web server hosts ManageEngine Security Manager Plus, a web- based network security scanner and patch management software written in Java. C Tenable Network Security, Inc. include"compat.inc"; if description scriptid63204; scriptversion"1.5"; scriptcvsdate"Date: 2019/11/25";...