Leveraging AI-informed Cybersecurity to Measure, Communicate, and Eliminate Cyber Risk

Dilip Bachwani, Qualys CTO, shares the Qualys AI strategy with TruRisk AI at QSC 2023. The threat landscape is constantly evolving, and so are the implications of cyber risk across any organization. As attacker tactics become more sophisticated and persistent, cybersecurity strategies must grow...

Effectively Measure, Communicate, and Eliminate Cloud Risks with TotalCloud

Cloud is a dynamic and ever-evolving environment characterized by transient workloads and an expansive attack surface. This inherent nature of cloud infrastructure contributes to the ongoing complexity and challenges in maintaining robust security measures. According to the 2023 Qualys TotalCloud...

Cybersecurity at a Crossroads: New Implications on Business Risk

During our 2023 Qualys Security Conference QSC taking place in Orlando, Florida, November 6-9, 2023, I unveiled an exciting new milestone for the company – the release of our new Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform, marking a seismic shift for the future of Qualys as a leader in managing and...

Explaining the Business Value of Qualys Enterprise TruRisk Platform to Your Leadership

New IDC White Paper Reports Findings by Qualys Customers As a cybersecurity leader, you may struggle to help your C-suite see the business value of what your team does. Forget “speeds and feeds”; key decision-makers are solely focused on The Numbers. While reports from most security tools excel a...

PCI DSS 4.0: How to Ensure Full Compliance with New Requirements

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS is one of the oldest mainstream requirements for compliance, originating in 2004. The PCI Security Standards Council manages the standard to ensure security for the global payment system. It globally applies to all entities that store,...

Exploit for Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Gnu Glibc

Proof of concept for CVE-2023-4911 Looney Tunables This vu...

Qualys API Best Practices: Web Application Scanning API

This API Best Practices Series is designed for Qualys customer programmers or stakeholders with a general knowledge of programming who want to implement best practices for improving the development, design, and performance of their programs that use the Qualys API. For non-customers, the Qualys A...

Safeguard Your Organization this Holiday Season with Endpoint Security from Qualys

The holiday season is approaching, bringing joy, family gatherings, and celebrations. As we dust off the decorations and begin drafting shopping lists, security professionals must grapple with an underlying concern: the increased risk of cyberattacks. Year-end festivities bring a rise in online...

Building an AppSec Program with Qualys WAS – Configuring a Web Application or API: Crawl Settings

Qualys Web Application Scanning WAS stands out as the industrys leading Dynamic Application Security Testing DAST solution. Delving deeper into these settings is crucial for effectively harnessing its potential to uncover vulnerabilities. Scan coverage is greatly influenced by the crawl settings,...

Qualys Named a Leader in KuppingerCole CSPM Report

Cloud Security Posture Management CSPM is a crucial requirement in cloud security. CSPM is all about identifying misconfiguration issues and compliance risks in cloud environments. Since cloud misconfigurations are the leading cause of data breaches, you want an excellent CSPM solution on your...

Oracle Patch Tuesday, October 2023 Security Update Review

Oracle has released its fourth quarterly edition of Critical Patch Update, which contains a group of patches for 387 security vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this update impact more than one product. These patches address vulnerabilities in Oracle code and third-party...

Building an AppSec Program with Qualys WAS – Introduction

Part 1 - Introduction and Configuring a Web Application or API: Basic Information Welcome to our introductory series of blogs where we will take you step-by-step through your application security journey with Qualys Web Application Scanning WAS to build and deploy secure web applications and APIs...

Qualys FIM Playbook for PCI 4.0

This File Integrity Monitoring FIM playbook is your comprehensive guide to establishing and maintaining an effective FIM program aligned with the latest PCI DSS 4.0 standards. By meticulously monitoring and ensuring the integrity of vital files and configurations, your organization can bolster it...

How does Qualys TotalCloud prevent secret leaks for Containers?

This blog post introduces new product capabilities to help prevent container secret leaks. Discover how Qualys TotalCloud can provide a unified view of secrets-related risks. Why is Secret Detection Needed for Container Security? A recent study by researchers at the RWTH Aachen University in...

CVE-2023-44487 HTTP/2 Rapid Reset Attack

Today, Amazon Web Services, Cloudflare, and Google, in a coordinated announcement, reveal their experiences mitigating powerful HTTP/2-based DDoS attacks utilizing a zero-day technique referred to as Rapid Reset, documented under the vulnerability identifier CVE-2023-44487. The attack magnitudes...

Security Patch for Two New Flaws in Curl Library Arriving on October 11

The maintainers of the Curl library have released an advisory warning of two security vulnerabilities that are expected to be addressed as part of an forthcoming update set for release on October 11, 2023. This includes a high-severity and a low-severity flaw tracked under the identifiers...

Curl 8.4.0 – Proactively Identifying Potential Vulnerable Assets

On Wednesday, October 4, 2023, the curl project maintainers announced pre-notification for curl version 8.4.0 to be released on October 11. This version will fix two new vulnerabilities with one high and one low-severity CVE. The prenotification stated that the high-severity issue is arguably the...

PCI DSS 4.0 FIM Requirements Simplified with Qualys File Integrity Monitoring

File Integrity Monitoring FIM is one of the essential requirements under PCI DSS 4.0. It helps organizations detect and respond to unauthorized changes in critical system files, configuration files, or content files, which is crucial for maintaining the security of cardholder data. Organizations...

Exploit for Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Gnu Glibc

PoC of CVE-2023-4911 "Looney Tunables" This is a PoC of CVE-2...

[SECURITY] [DSA 5514-1] glibc security update

------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-5514-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso October 03, 2023 https://www.debian.org/security/faq -...