SSL Labs Grade Change for TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 Protocols

Update 11/30/18: Now live on ssllabs.com: In Configuration-Protocols section “TLS 1.1” text color will be changed to Orange by end of November 2018 TLS 1.0 and TLS 1.1 protocols will be removed from browsers at the beginning of 2020. As there are no fixes or patches that can adequately fix SSL or...

Reinforce Defense with File Reputation and Trusted Source Intelligence in Qualys FIM

Monitoring change events in the file system is both a crucial aspect of security and a critical compliance requirement. A file integrity monitoring tool functions as an essential layer of defense to identify illicit activities across critical system files and registries, diagnose changes, and sen...

Apple, Amazon in a Tussle with Bloomberg over Spy Chips Report

In our latest security news digest, we delve into the brouhaha over Chinese spy chips, check out the latest in Facebook's investigation of its recent hack, and look at Google's controversial decision to delay disclosing a potential data breach. Bloomberg's spy chip report stuns tech industry, the...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, July 2023 Security Update Review

Microsoft has released Julys edition of Patch Tuesday! This installment of security updates addressed 132 security vulnerabilities in various products, features, and roles. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for July 2023 This months Patch Tuesday edition has fixed six zero-day vulnerabilities known to be...

June 2020 Patch Tuesday – 128 Vulns, 11 Critical, Sharepoint, Workstation, Adobe Patches

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 128 vulnerabilities with 11 of them labeled as Critical. The 11 Critical vulnerabilities cover SharePoint server, Browsers, Scripting Engines, Windows, GDI+, OLE and LNK files. Adobe issued patches today for Experience Manager, Flash Player and...

Microsoft & Adobe Patch Tuesday (December 2021) – Microsoft 83 Vulnerabilities with 7 Critical, 1 Actively Exploited. Adobe 60 Vulnerabilities, 28 critical.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – December 2021 Microsoft patched 83 vulnerabilities in their December 2021 Patch Tuesday release, of which seven 7 are rated as critical severity. This months release includes one 1 Zero Day known to be actively exploited. Products impacted by Microsofts December security...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday (September 2021) – Microsoft 60 Vulnerabilities with 3 Critical, Adobe 61 Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Patch Tuesday – September 2021 Microsoft patched 60 vulnerabilities in their September 2021 Patch Tuesday release, and an additional 26 CVEs since September 1st. Among the 60 released in the September Patch Tuesday, 3 of them are rated as critical severity, one as moderate, and 56 as...

SSH Attack Surface (CVE-2023-48795): Find and Patch With CyberSecurity Asset Management Before the Grinch Arrives

Secure Shell Protocol SSH has been a cornerstone of cryptography and security since it was developed in early 1995. Organizations rely on SSH for secure communications within several popular software products. The recent Terrapin Attack highlights the importance of maintaining full visibility of...

Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, PC) 8.18 New Features

This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform VM, PC, version 8.18 contains several new features and improvements in Qualys Vulnerability Management and Policy Compliance, which include CertView Vulnerability Scan for EC2 Assets, support for new authentication types to filter vulnerabilities,...

A “Patch for the Meltdown Patch” released out of band Thursday night

The Meltdown/Spectre saga continues… Late Thursday, Microsoft released a patch for Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 operating systems to resolve CVE-2018-1038. Apparently, this vulnerability was actually introduced by the patches released in January to mitigate the effects of Meltdown. Microsoft did...

Emotet Re-emerges with Help from TrickBot

Emotet has recently reemerged after being taken down less than a year ago by global law enforcement as coordinated by Europol and Eurojust. The takedown was achieved after law enforcement compromised a command-and-control system, and then pushed a specially crafted update to Emotet agents that...

Third-Party User Enumeration Issue Resolved

We were recently made aware of a user enumeration issue on the login page of SumTotal’s training website, a learning management solution that Qualys uses for its training and certification site. Upon learning of the issue, we immediately worked through the vendor to get it fixed. The training...

Identify Server-Side Attacks Using Qualys Periscope

Qualys previously announced the introduction of Qualys Periscope in 2020. This technology allows Qualys Web Application Scanning WAS to detect out-of-band vulnerabilities such as server-side request forgery SSRF. Qualys Periscope provides confirmed detections for additional vulnerabilities, such ...

September 2018 Patch Tuesday – 61 Vulns, FragmentSmack, Hyper-V Escape

In this month’s Patch Tuesday release there are 61 vulnerabilities patched with 17 Criticals. Out of the criticals, most are browser-related, with the rest including Windows, Hyper-V, and .net Framework. A vulnerability CVE-2018-8475 in Windows' image parsing has been publicly disclosed, in...

Dive Deep into VMDR

Qualys devoted the second day of the Qualys Security Conference entirely to vulnerability management, detection and response VMDR, a critical area for the security and compliance of hybrid cloud IT environments. Mehul Revankar, VP of Product Management and Engineering for VMDR at Qualys, set the...

PCI & SSL/Early TLS QIDs 38601, 42366

Two QIDs will be marked as PCI Fail on May 1, 2019 as required by ASV Program Guide: QID 38601 “SSL/TLS Use of Weak RC4 Cipher” QID 42366 “SSLv3.0/TLSv1.0 Protocol Weak CBC Mode Server Side Vulnerability BEAST” Last revision of ASV Program Guide ver. 3.1 has the following for SSL/TLS component: “...

Part 2: An In-Depth Look at the Latest Vulnerability Threat Landscape (Attackers’ Edition)

The previous blog from this three-part series showcased an overview of the vulnerability threat landscape. To summarize quickly, it illustrated the popular methods of exploiting vulnerabilities and the tactical techniques employed by threat actors, malware, and ransomware groups. Perhaps more...

Qualys Cloud Platform (VM, SCA, PC) 8.15 New Features

This new release of the Qualys Cloud Platform VM, SCA, PC, version 8.15, includes several new improvements across the VM, PC, and SCA Apps including new IPv6 configuration options for the scanner, improvements to several VM reports including ability to display EC2 metadata, a new Policy Complianc...

March Patch Tuesday – 75 Microsoft vulnerabilities, 7 for Adobe

Today's Patch Tuesday covers a lot of vulnerabilities, but in terms of critical updates, it is still light. Out of the 75 vulnerabilities covered, only 15 are marked as critical. Adobe has released patches as well, covering 7 vulnerabilities. All of the critical vulnerabilities from Microsoft are...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with commonly adhered to security standards and regulations. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as ones based on security guidelines from vendors such as Microsoft and VMware...

September 2022 Patch Tuesday | Microsoft Releases 63 Vulnerabilities with 5 Critical, plus 16 Microsoft Edge (Chromium-Based); Adobe Releases 7 Advisories, 63 Vulnerabilities with 35 Critical.

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Summary Microsoft has fixed 63 vulnerabilities aka flaws in the September 2022 update, including five 5 vulnerabilities classified as Critical as they allow Remote Code Execution RCE. This months Patch Tuesday fixes two 2 zero-day vulnerabilities, with one 1 actively...

Introducing CyberSecurity Asset Management

With the rapid expansion of new IT technologies and their growing adoption rate, organizations face an increasing problem in securing their myriad on-premises, virtual & cloud-based assets. Add to that the explosion of intelligent devices on the corporate network and you have a huge landscape to...

Boost Security with These Gartner-Recommended Projects

Is your security team struggling to decide which projects will slash risk the most without breaking the bank? If so, we believe your security leaders can end analysis paralysis by perusing Gartner’s “Top 10 Security Projects for 2019” report. As its title states, the report recommends ten securit...

Know What’s on Your Network at All Times with Qualys Asset Inventory

Qualys has just launched a global IT asset inventory solution that offers full visibility across even the most hybrid, complex and distributed IT environments, addressing a challenge many security and IT teams face today. When IT directors and CISOs look at their digitally transformed networks,...

Bluetooth Chip Bugs Affect Enterprise Wi-Fi, as Hackers Exploit Cisco 0-Day

In this latest roundup of cyber security news, we look at serious Bluetooth chip-level bugs, a zero-day vulnerability on Cisco software, a raft of Apple security fixes, and a massive customer data breach at Cathay Pacific. Enterprise Wi-Fi access points vulnerable to Bluetooth bug A pair of...

Qualys Cloud Platform 2.30 New Features

This release of the Qualys Cloud Platform version 2.30 includes updates and new features for Cloud Agent, EC2 Connector, Web Application Scanning, Web Application Firewall, and Security Assessment Questionnaire, highlights as follows. This posting has been updated on 9/6/2017 and 10/25/2017 to...

Oracle Patch Update, April 2024 Security Update Review

Oracle released its second quarterly edition of Critical Patch Update, which contains patches for 441 security vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this update impact more than one product. These patches address vulnerabilities in various product families, including third-par...

Detect & Prioritize NSO Pegasus iPhone Spyware Vulnerabilities Using VMDR for Mobile Devices

Apple recently released iOS and iPadOS 14.8 as a security update that addresses 2 critical zero-day vulnerabilities, which are used to deploy NSO Pegasus iPhone spyware. Qualys recommends that security teams should immediately update all devices running iOS and iPadOS to the latest version. "Appl...

WordPress Database Reset Plugin Vulnerability (CVE-2020-7047, CVE-2020-7048)

A vulnerability recently disclosed by Wordfence and published as CVE-2020-7047 and CVE-2020-7048 allows an attacker to take over vulnerable WordPress-based websites. Functionality in the WP Database Reset plugin introduced the vulnerability, which allows any unauthenticated user to reset any tabl...

Assess Vulnerabilities, Misconfigurations in AWS Golden AMI Pipelines

Today we’re starting a blog series focused on how to integrate Qualys solutions into DevSecOps for securing cloud infrastructures. In this initial post, we’ll discuss the importance of assessing vulnerabilities and misconfigurations on AWS pipelines. When developing golden Amazon Machine Images...

Unified Vulnerability View of Unauthenticated and Agent Scans

Vulnerability scanning has evolved significantly over the past few decades. But the key goal remains the same, which is to accurately identify vulnerabilities, assess the risk, prioritize them, and finally remediate them before they get exploited by an attacker. Therein lies the challenge. It is...

Meltdown/Spectre: Intel Nixes Patches, Tech CEOs Questioned on Information Blackout

IT departments and tech vendors continued grappling with Spectre and Meltdown this week, as Intel pulled its glitchy patches and the U.S. Congress questioned the vulnerability disclosures' timing and scope. Spectre and Meltdown aren't typical vulnerabilities for a number of reasons, and as a...

Qualys Update on Accellion FTA Security Incident

Update April 2, 2021 to the March 3 original blog post: As part of our commitment to keeping customers and the community informed about how we are addressing and resolving the Accellion FTA cyber incident, we are providing the following update to confirm containment of the incident and share...

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...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, October 2023 Security Update Review

Microsoft released its October edition of Patch Tuesday! In this months updates, Microsoft has addressed 105 vulnerabilities in different products, features, and roles. Lets take a look at the updates in detail. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for October 2023 Microsoft has addressed three zero-day...

The February 2023 Patch Tuesday Security Update Review

Microsoft and Adobe have released several monthly security fixes and updates for their products. Let’s take a look at the highlights of this month’s Patch Tuesday as we review and discuss the security updates. Microsoft Patches for February 2023 Microsoft has patched 79 vulnerabilities this month...

Introducing a Burp Extension for Integration with Qualys Web Application Scanning

Qualys offers a wide array of security and compliance solutions for your organization. All capabilities are delivered from Qualys Cloud Platform. Visit Qualys Cloud Platform Apps to learn more. But let's narrow the discussion to web application security. To have a complete webappsec program, it's...

Qualys TRU Discovers Important Vulnerabilities in GNU C Library’s syslog()

The Qualys Threat Research Unit TRU has recently unearthed four significant vulnerabilities in the GNU C Library, a cornerstone for countless applications in the Linux environment. Before diving into the specific details of the vulnerabilities discovered by the Qualys Threat Research Unit in the...

QID Spotlight: Discover CBL-Mariner Vulnerabilities using Qualys VMDR

The Qualys vulnerability signatures team has released a new series of signatures detections for CBL-Mariner Common Base Linux, allowing security teams to identify CBL-Mariner hosts and detect their vulnerabilities. CBL-Mariner Common Base Linux is developed by Microsoft and is a Linux distributio...

Google Android August 2021 Security Patch Vulnerabilities: Discover and Take Remote Response Action Using VMDR for Mobile Devices

The recently released Android Security Bulletin for August 2021 addresses 36 vulnerabilities, out of which 5 are rated as critical vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities affect open-source components such as the Android Framework, Android Media Framework, and Android System. The vulnerabilities als...

Inside LockBit: Defense Lessons from the Leaked LockBit Negotiations

The LockBit ransomware gang recently suffered a significant data breach. Their dark web affiliate panels were defaced with the message "Don't do crime CRIME IS BAD xoxo from Prague," linking to a MySQL database dump. This archive contains a SQL file from LockBit's affiliate panel database that...

Reinventing Cybersecurity Asset Management

Because security teams need their own asset inventory solution In conversations with our customers, it’s very clear that organizations need to establish a comprehensive view of their IT asset infrastructure because you can’t secure what you don’t know or can’t see. But that comprehensive view nee...

Boosting Patch Management Is Key for Breach Prevention

Vulnerabilities that vendors have disclosed and issued patches for remain a major source of breaches. Why? Too many organizations take too long to deploy those patches -- or never do. That was the case with WannaCry. The ransomware exploited Windows vulnerability MS17-010, which Microsoft disclos...

Meltdown and Spectre Aren’t Business as Usual

The new year brought a new vulnerability type — the CPU-based Meltdown and Spectre bugs — that’s forcing vendors and IT departments to modify long-standing ways of identifying threats, prioritizing remediation, managing patches and evaluating risk. “Meltdown and Spectre are different...

Empower your Cloud Ops Teams – Publish Qualys CloudView Security Assessment Reports to their Slack Channel

In today’s constantly changing and evolving cloud environments, being able to quickly provide information on misconfigurations and security policy violations in your cloud accounts and assets has become a critical need to the success of your security operations. Many cloud platforms offer tools...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Update

Qualys’ library of built-in policies makes it easy to comply with the security standards and regulations that are most commonly used and adhered to. Qualys provides a wide range of policies, including many that have been certified by CIS as well as the ones based on security guidelines from OS an...

Vulnerability Detection Pipeline (Beta)

Update October 22, 2020: The Vulnerability Detection Pipeline beta has been updated to include detections of all severities. It now gives visibility into upcoming and recently published detections with severity 3, 2 and 1 in addition to severity 5 and 4. The pipeline also supports a URL parameter...

Qualys Cloud Platform 2.35 New Features

This release of the Qualys Cloud Platform version 2.35 includes updates and new features for AssetView, Cloud Agent, Security Assessment Questionnaire, and Web Application Scanning, highlights as follows. Note: this post has been edited after publishing to remove the Rule-Based Method to...

Oracle Critical Patch Update, July 2024 Security Update Review

Oracle released its third quarterly edition of Critical Patch Update, which contains patches for 386 security vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this update impact more than one product. These patches address vulnerabilities in various product families, including third-part...

December 2020 Patch Tuesday – 58 Vulnerabilities, 9 Critical, Windows Exchange, Hyper-V, SharePoint, Adobe

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 58 vulnerabilities with 9 of them labeled as Critical. The 9 Critical vulnerabilities cover Exchange, SharePoint, Hyper-V, Chakra Scripting, and several other workstation vulnerabilities. Adobe released patches today for Experience Manager, Prelude,...