Managing Security Configuration Risk with the Most Comprehensive Configuration Compliance Solution!

Qualys leads the industry with 850 policies, 19000 controls, 350 technologies, and 100 frameworks Remote and hybrid work, digital transformation, and customer experience initiatives require rapid and continuous technology additions and changes. This requires continual additions of and deployments...

Dissecting the Empire C2 Framework

Introduction In this blog we will be taking a quick dive into Empire, a popular open-source post-exploitation framework. Empire provides an adversary with the capability to expand his foothold in a victim’s environment by leveraging hundreds of modules, RATs in multiple languages and stealthy C2...

Enhanced Native DNS based Scanning with Qualys VMDR

Network based scanning of modern infrastructure is getting very complex, especially when the assets are behind CDNs, load balancers, firewalls, and more recently, ephemeral assets that spin up/down as required. This blog describes recent enhancements to Qualys Cloud Platform that allow native...

Improving Cybersecurity Practices by Managing the Asset Lifecycle

Securing enterprise environments continues to increase in importance. Attacks on infrastructure continue to increase and organizations need to focus more on prevention. While new vulnerabilities are continually being discovered, companies are also left vulnerable to attacks because their...

Discover EulerOS Vulnerabilities using Qualys VMDR

The Qualys vulnerability signatures team has released a new series of signatures detections for EulerOS, allowing security teams to identify EulerOS hosts and detect their vulnerabilities. EulerOS is a Linux distribution developed by Huawei Technologies and widely adopted by customers in Asia,...

GDPR Is Here: Don’t Neglect Public Cloud Security

With organizations aggressively moving workloads to public cloud platforms, such as Amazon’s AWS, protecting these environments is critical for complying with the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation GDPR. GDPR, which went into effect in May, imposes strict requirements on millions of business...

GDPR Is Here: Put File Integrity Monitoring in Your Toolbox

In this latest post of our series on the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, we’ll explain how file integrity monitoring FIM can be crucial in helping organizations comply with this severe regulation. GDPR, which went into effect in May and applies to organizations worldwide that handle EU...

Achieve Continuous Security and Compliance with the CIS Critical Security Controls

For InfoSec pros, it’s easy to get overwhelmed by the constant noise from cybersecurity industry players — vendors, research firms, consultants, industry groups, government regulators and media outlets. A good antidote for this hyperactive chatter is to refocus on foundational InfoSec practices...

April 2017 Patch Tuesday Video Highlights

Microsoft Fixes 45 Vulnerabilities with new Security Update Guide and says goodbye to Security Bulletins. Adobe Fixes Flash, PDF reader and Photoshop...

Manual Patching Can’t Outrun AI. Automated Remediation Can.

Executive Summary AI is rapidly transforming vulnerability discovery, outpacing many security teams ' ability to adapt. Microsoft's July 2026 Patch Tuesday addressed a record 622 vulnerabilities, an early signal of AI-accelerated discovery at scale compounding an already-large backlog that manual...

Top Five Compliance Audit Software and Tools: Mastering Modern Regulatory Risk

Executive Summary Manual audit preparation no longer scales across hybrid, cloud, endpoint, and application environments. Compliance monitoring software must move from checklist validation to continuous control monitoring. The strongest platforms connect evidence collection with risk...

What Changed in OWASP Top 10 2025 and Recommendations for Each Category

Key Takeaways 1. The 2025 list introduces two new categories – Software Supply Chain Failures A03 and Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions A10 - reflecting attacks already happening in production. 2. Security Misconfiguration jumping from 5 to 2 signals that continuous deployment without...

Bringing AI Code Security into Qualys ETM

A first-class data model for the next generation of findings AI-driven code security is becoming a real category. Anthropic's Claude Code Security and OpenAI's Codex Security are the leading examples, and more will follow. These tools reason about source code at a depth that traditional SAST cann...

Scaling Modern AppSec: Moving from Static Profiles to AI-Powered Scan Optimization

Key Highlights The Scale Challenge: As application portfolios grow and release cycles accelerate, traditional scanning models create a forced trade-off between coverage, cost, and velocity – leading to silent gaps that only surface during audits or incidents. The AI Solution: AI-powered scan...

Qualys Named a Leader and Outperformer in the 2025 GigaOm Radar for CNAPP

We’re proud to share that Qualys has been recognized as a Leader and Outperformer in the 2025 GigaOm Radar Report for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms CNAPP. This year’s evaluation underscores an important reality of the CNAPP market: while 18 vendors were evaluated , only a small...

Patch Automation for Browsers with TruRisk™ Eliminate

Recently, CISA added a Chrome zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2025-10585, to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities KEV Catalog, confirming that threat actors are actively exploiting this high-severity flaw in real-world attacks. This vulnerability affects multiple web browsers that utilize the Chromium...

Building Confidence in Cyber Essentials Compliance with Qualys Policy Audit

In an era where cyberattacks are becoming more frequent, sophisticated, and damaging, organizations in the UK and around the world are under increasing pressure to adopt effective cybersecurity measures. Threats such as phishing, ransomware, data breaches, and supply chain compromises now target...

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,...

Announcing the Newest Game-Changing Upgrades of Qualys Cloud Agent

Qualys Cloud Agent Gets Powerful Enhancements for Boosting User Flexibility, Improved Control & Efficiency in VDI Environments, Seamless Updates, and More! We are excited to unveil a major upgrade to the Qualys Cloud Agent, marking a significant stride in cybersecurity management. The four update...

Facebook Job Scam

Qualys has confirmed ongoing attacks against multiple brands offering work-from-home remote job offers, advertised through Facebook. Unfortunately, these scams typically see a rise in prevalence following the holidays. Qualys has confirmed cyber criminals are advertising jobs within Facebook to...

The Qualys Security Conference Mumbai: That’s a Wrap!

In recent years, the world of cybersecurity has experienced a dramatic transformation. The threat landscape has erupted, creating a host of complex challenges, with malicious actors continuously upping their game. In this high-stakes environment, the need for robust cloud security platforms...

Who Protects PII – Consumers or Companies?

Introduction Did you know that as a consumer, 25% of the apps you engage with are collecting your Personally Identifiable Information PII? Do you know why they are collecting it or where they are storing it? Also, do you realize as a company, General Data Protection Regulation GDPR fines can reac...

Adopting an Effective and Easy To Implement Zero Trust Architecture

Security professionals employed by a federal agency, supplier, or regulated private sector firm are often challenged by long lists of required cybersecurity rules that can seem endless and unchanging. White House Executive Orders, FedRAMP requirements, CISA Binding Operational Directives, NIST...

Qualys Virtual Cyber Risk Summit: That’s a Wrap!

Over the last few years, the volume of software developed and the surge in vulnerabilities has been staggering. Combine this with a shortage of cybersecurity professionals, and organizations are left with the daunting challenge of keeping up with the sheer volume of information coming at them. At...

Risk Fact #2: Automation Is the Difference Between Success and Failure

Qualys Blog Series – Threat Research Unit Report Organizational leaders dread the consequences of a successful cyber-attack, which can be devastating due to data loss, reputational damage, and legal repercussions. Under the hood, security professionals are acutely focused on finding technical mea...

Effective Vulnerability Management with Stakeholder Specific Vulnerability Categorization (SSVC) and Qualys TruRisk

Security stakeholders across the globe have long relied on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS to prioritize vulnerabilities and assess their risk posture. The reason why the CVSS has become the standard for many security and vulnerability management teams alike is that this method is ea...

Qualys Broadens Security Offerings for Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

As organizations increase their use of public cloud platforms, they encounter cloud-specific security and compliance threats, which can be challenging to address without the right tools and processes. Organizations’ cloud security difficulties lie in two main areas: Lack of visibility into their...

QSC 2022: That’s a Wrap!

Over the years, the threat landscape has exploded, and bad actors have become increasingly sophisticated, making the demand for cloud security platforms - that save security teams time and increase efficiency - a must-have for every cyber arsenal. This was underscored last week at QSC 2022 Las...

Creating Awareness of External JavaScript Libraries in Web Applications

Qualys Web Application Scanning WAS routinely reviews and solicits customer feedback regarding vulnerabilities. This may be to enhance the detection or the detections reporting. Previously, all JavaScript libraries detected on an application are reported under the Information Gathering QID 150176...

Qualys Cloud Platform 2.28 New Features

This release of the Qualys Cloud Platform version 2.28 includes updates and new features for Cloud Agent, AssetView, ThreatPROTECT, Security Assessment Questionnaire and Web Application Scanning, highlights as follows: Cloud Agent Cloud Agent AIX Beta – beta release of Qualys Cloud Agent supporti...

Turning Millions of Risks Into One Actionable List

Every security leader walks into Monday morning with the same question. The findings are there. The dashboards are running. But out of the thousands of critical vulnerabilities on that list, which ones can an attacker actually use against this organization today? Not in theory. Not in a lab. In...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, April 2026 Security Update Review

April 2026's Patch Tuesday arrives with Microsoft addressing a fresh set of vulnerabilities across its ecosystem, reinforcing the ongoing need for timely patching in an increasingly threat-heavy landscape. Here's a quick breakdown of what you need to know. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for April 2026...

React2Shell: Decoding CVE-2025-55182 – The Silent Threat in React Server Components

On December 3, 2025, a critical remote code execution RCE vulnerability, dubbed "React2Shell," was disclosed, impacting React Server Components and frameworks like Next.js. The flaw, CVE-2025-55182, could lead to full server takeover and is rated CVSS 10.0. It is under active exploitation, has be...

Introducing TruConfirm for Enterprise TruRisk™ Management: Automated Exposure Validation

Enterprise security leaders and their teams face an impossible challenge: drowning in thousands of critical exposures in an ever-expanding attack surface while simultaneously trying to determine which ones pose a genuine risk of exploitation in their organizational environment. Traditional CVSS...

When Dependencies Turn Dangerous: Responding to the NPM Supply Chain Attack

On September 8, 2025, attackers compromised a set of 18 widely used npm packages —including chalk, debug, ansi-styles, and strip-ansi—collectively downloaded over 2.6 billion times per week. Through a targeted phishing campaign against a maintainer, the attackers published malicious versions...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, August 2025 Security Update Review

It's the second Tuesday of August, and Microsoft has rolled out its latest security updates. Microsoft's August 2025 Patch Tuesday has arrived, bringing a fresh wave of security fixes to help organizations stay ahead of evolving threats. Here's a quick breakdown of what you need to know. Microsof...

Unpacking Qualys Agentic AI: Technical Insights into Its Architecture and Capabilities

Agentic AI revolutionizes how enterprise organizations leverage artificial intelligence by introducing systems designed to function as autonomous agents capable of planning, decision-making, and executing complex workflows with minimal human oversight. Unlike traditional AI, which often performs...

Bridging the Gap: How Qualys Simplifies NCA ECC 2024 Compliance for Businesses

As the digital environment advances, new and more sophisticated cyber threats emerge, necessitating stronger and more adaptive cybersecurity measures. Recognizing this need, the National Cybersecurity Authority NCA of Saudi Arabia has introduced the Essential Cybersecurity Controls ECC 2024...

Steps to TruRisk™ – 3: Getting Started—Assessing Business Consequences

“In preparing for battle, plans are useless, but planning is indispensable.” —Dwight D. Eisenhower Prioritization wins battles. Preparation is the difference between a coordinated response and total chaos. Protecting what matters starts with identifying critical systems, understanding the impact,...

The State of Cloud & SaaS Security: Essential Statistics and Insights

Twenty-eight percent of organizations experienced a cloud- or SaaS-related data breach in the past year—meaning more than 1 in 4 enterprises were impacted. Even more alarming, 36% of those affected faced multiple breaches within a single year. This is just one of many cloud security pain points...

Qualys VMDR & Core Apps Revamped: Ultimate Cyber Defense Partnership for Streamlined Vulnerability Management with ITSM

Introducing the Revamped VMDR & Core Apps Qualys has the dynamic duo of ServiceNow Apps – The Qualys Core App and Qualys VMDR App – that help you close the gap between IT and Security teams, making vulnerability management and ticketing workflows seamless and eliminating manual spreadsheet-based...

A Comprehensive Assessment of the General Personal Data Protection Law (LGPD)

Most nations need to protect sensitive data for any number of reasons. Assuring legal compliance, protecting national security, preventing abuse and prejudice, improving global competitiveness, and upholding ethical standards are all vital requirements. Data privacy enhances the safety, security,...

Qualys Patch Management: A Review of New Features in 2023 for Faster Elimination of Cyber Risk

The recent debut of Qualys’ Enterprise TruRisk Platform promises three key benefits: measuring, communicating, and eliminating cyber risk across the extended enterprise. Qualys Patch Management plays a pivotal role in this process towards the rapid elimination of cyber risk. Our focus during 2023...

Cybersecurity Must De-Risk the Business

The Catalyst for My Return to Qualys “Necessity is the mother of all invention.” – Plato Introduction Cybersecurity as a problem and practice is evolving. This evolution is driven by business risk. Does this sound obvious? For far too long, we in security have put the technology cart way ahead of...

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 Is the Outperformer in the New GigaOm Radar Report for Continuous Vulnerability Management

GigaOm has unveiled its third-annual Radar for Continuous Vulnerability Management featuring Qualys. In this Report, GigaOm provides a detailed analysis of the value and progression of vulnerability management VM capabilities to help organizations build the best security and vulnerability...

Use Qualys ­­Flow to Automate Detection & Remediation with No-code Workflows

The threat landscape is rapidly and constantly evolving. New software vulnerabilities and service misconfigurations are discovered daily, and exploits targeting them are often released within hours. For effective security, pursuing the automation of both detection and remediation processes is...

Close the Gap Between IT & Security with Our New App: Qualys VMDR for ITSM

In recent years, the world has seen an alarming rise in cyber-attacks. According to the just released Verizon DBIR report, the rate of increase of ransomware attacks in 2021 was greater than its rate of increase in the last five years, combined. Malicious exploitation of vulnerabilities continues...

Euronet Worldwide: Speedy, Global Response to Threats Reduces Risk

After years of using manual processes and systems to manage its IT inventory and track vulnerabilities, racking up costs, and increasing the complexity of asset and vulnerability management, Euronet Worldwide needed a way to get a single, accurate and timely view of risk exposure at the group...

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...