Announcing TruRisk™ 2.0: Unleashing Next-Level Precision in Cyber Risk Management

In cybersecurity, quantifying risk with precision is essential for robust security posture management. At Qualys, we continuously refine our methodologies to meet and exceed the evolving demands of vulnerability management and risk management. In October 2024, the launch of Qualys Enterprise...

Qualys Launches Enterprise TruRisk™ Management: The Industry’s First Cloud-Based Risk Operations Center

In today’s complex cybersecurity landscape, Chief Information Security Officers CISOs and business leaders require more than just a collection of disconnected tools to manage risks effectively—they need a unified, integrated approach. Today, we proudly announce the launch of Qualys Enterprise...

The Future of Cybersecurity Risk Management: Risk Operations Center (ROC) delivered by Qualys Enterprise TruRisk™ Management (ETM)

" A problem well defined is a problem half solved." – Charles Kettering In today’s digital landscape, organizations are overwhelmed with risk signals from all directions—cloud vulnerabilities, misconfigurations in custom code, operational technology OT gaps, and third-party integrations, to name ...

Qualys VMDR Rated as the Only Leader and Outperformer by Independent Analyst Firm for the Second Consecutive Year

Qualys VMDR received the highest possible scores for risk-based assessment, cloud-native and serverless function scanning, and flexibility of deployment, among 20 vendors evaluated in this report. As the threat landscape evolves, vulnerability management remains a cornerstone of security...

Qualys Ranked as a “Strong Performer” Among Top Vendors in Forrester Wave™ for Attack Surface Management

As the threat landscape evolves and presents new risks to security teams, the bar for attack surface management solutions is higher than ever. When Qualys introduced CyberSecurity Asset Management in 2021, the goal was to provide a unified view of the entire attack surface with visibility into...

Addressing Cloud Identity Risks With TotalCloud CIEM

As organizations continue to embrace multi-cloud environments, leveraging platforms such as Amazon Web Services AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform GCP, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure OCI, the complexity of cloud security has increased exponentially. In cloud environments, machines are...

Enhancing Cloud-Native Security: Qualys Introduces Scanning for Container-Optimized OS in Google Kubernetes Engine

As organizations move from traditional workloads to containerized environments, they encounter new security challenges. Containers bring added complexity that traditional security tools often struggle to manage, largely because of their transient nature and the shared responsibility between the...

Simplifying Azure Cloud Security with Snapshot-Based Scans

As organizations increasingly move to the cloud, securing these dynamic and transient environments has become a critical challenge for security teams. Cloud deployments are inherently more fluid than traditional infrastructure, with resources constantly being spun up, modified, or decommissioned...

Secure Your Business with Qualys’ New Cloud Agent Deployment using Qualys Scanner

The significance of cybersecurity in today’s world cannot be understated. Businesses are constantly exposed to evolving threats that challenge their infrastructure. Organizations deploy various security solutions to combat these risks, including agents installed on their servers, endpoints, and...

Exploit for Race Condition in Openbsd Openssh

PoC exploit for CVE-2024-6387, a remote code execution vulnerabi...

Understanding the New Windows Secure Kernel Mode Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2024-21302)

On August 7, 2024, Microsoft disclosed a significant security vulnerability affecting Windows-based systems, known as CVE-2024-21302. This zero-day vulnerability allows attackers with administrator privileges to elevate their access by replacing current versions of Windows system files with...

Subscription Health Dashboard Update: Optimize Deployments and Identify Issues

For VM teams navigating the complex realm of cybersecurity tools, ensuring deployment health is paramount. Swift methods are required to pinpoint issues amidst complexity. Challenges such as duplicate entries, ghost hosts, and decommissioned devices can obstruct these views, hindering data...

De-risk Generative AI: Enterprise TruRisk Platform Advances to Secure AI and LLM Workloads

As we stand at the frontier of technological innovation, artificial intelligence AI and large language models LLMs are reshaping industries, driving automation, enhancing customer experiences, optimizing processes, and unlocking business opportunities for modern enterprises. However, this rapid...

Enhance Your Cybersecurity Posture: Qualys Tackles CISA & NSA’s Top 10 Misconfigurations

The National Security Agency NSA alongside the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA have pinpointed the most critical misconfigurations that present substantial dangers to organizations. In particular, the advisory calls out the tactics, techniques, and procedures TTPs actors use...

Qualys Announces TruRisk Eliminate to Augment Patching

About 5 years ago, we launched Qualys Patch Management to empower our customers to not just detect and prioritize vulnerabilities but also effectively remediate them. Since then, we have assisted our customers in addressing hundreds of millions of vulnerabilities, significantly enhancing the...

Global Outage Alert: Windows BSOD Crisis Following CrowdStrike Update – Recovery Steps & Qualys Assurance

On Friday, July 19, 2024, morning, reports surfaced globally of Microsoft Windows operating system users encountering the infamous Blue Screen of Death BSOD following the latest update from CrowdStrike. This widespread issue has severely impacted critical services, including telecommunications,...

How to Detect Issuer Certificates and Comply with Google Chrome’s New Entrust Certificate Policy Using Qualys Certificate View

Google has announced that Chrome 127 and higher will no longer trust certain TLS certificates issued by Entrust, effective November 1, 2024. This change is significant and could potentially disrupt businesses relying on Entrust-issued certificates. Google stated that "publicly disclosed incident...

Measuring, Communicating, and Eliminating Risk With TruRisk™ in Qualys Web Application Scanning (WAS)

In an era where cyber threats loom larger and more complex than ever, organizations demand not just defense but intelligent, cohesive strategies for managing cyber risks. With the Enterprise TruRisk Platform, Qualys reaffirmed its commitment to these needs by focusing its cybersecurity solutions ...

Exploit for Race Condition in Openbsd Openssh

CVE-2024-6387.py - PoC...

CVE-2024-6387: New OpenSSH RegreSSHion Vulnerability Gives Hackers Root Access on Linux Servers – 700,000+ Linux Boxes Potentially at Risk

Labeled as CVE-2024-6387, the recently discovered vulnerability in OpenSSH has become a serious cause for concern among Linux servers. OpenSSH is a collection of networking tools built on the Secure Shell SSH protocol. It is widely utilized to secure remote logins, manage and administer remote...