DevSecOps: Practical Steps to Seamlessly Integrate Security into DevOps

To properly and effectively protect DevOps pipelines, organizations can’t blindly apply conventional security processes they’ve used for traditional network perimeters. Since DevOps’ value is the speed and frequency with which code is created, updated and deployed, security must be re-thought so...

How to Rapidly Identify Assets at Risk to WannaCry Ransomware and ETERNALBLUE Exploit

In what may be the first public weaponizing of April's Shadow Brokers dump of NSA exploits, a ransomware attack has crippled IT systems globally and disrupted operations at major organizations, including patient services at UK hospitals. About 80,000 infections have been detected in about 100...

Oracle Patch Tuesday, July 2023 Security Update Review

Oracle has released its third quarterly edition of Critical Patch Update, which contains a group of patches for 508 security vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed this month impact more than one product. These patches address vulnerabilities in Oracle code and third-party...

November 2022 Patch Tuesday | Microsoft Releases 65 New Vulnerabilities with 10 Critical; Adobe Releases Zero Advisories (for the first time in six years).

Microsoft Patch Tuesday Summary Microsoft has fixed 65 new vulnerabilities aka flaws in the November 2022 update, including ten 10 vulnerabilities classified as Critical as they allow Denial of Service DoS, Elevation of Privilege EoP, and Remote Code Execution RCE. This months Patch Tuesday...

Secure Your Global Remote Workforce

Update June 9, 2020: Qualys adds Malware Detection to Free 60-Day Remote Endpoint Protection offering. This post has been updated to reflect this new Malware Detection capability. IT organizations around the world are responding to the challenge posed by COVID-19 by ensuring that employees are ab...

XZ Utils SSHd Backdoor

On March 29th, 2024, security researcher Andres Freund discovered a backdoor in XZ Utils versions 5.6.0 and 5.6.1. Under certain conditions, this backdoor may allow remote access to the targeted system. This disclosure was posted to the Openwall mailing list. The security researcher mentions that...

Add Unique Asset Context with Custom Attributes in CSAM

There is no such thing as “too much context” when it comes to asset management. Continuous discovery and comprehensive, normalized asset data create the foundation for streamlined risk detection and response. The more reliable asset data a security team has, the better it can operationalize an...

Countdown to Black Hat: Top 10 Sessions to Attend — #5

Black Hat USA 2019, which is only one month away, offers scores of training courses and research briefings, so every week we’re picking a session we believe Qualys customers will find valuable. This week’s selection is the training course Adversary Tactics -- Detection. This course focuses on...

Bad Rabbit – Ransomware

updated: 10/26/2017 with additional file hashes and mitigations A new ransomware campaign has affected at least three Russian media companies in a fast-spreading malware attack. Fontanka and Interfax are among the companies affected by the Bad Rabbit ransomware named by the researchers who first...

September 2020 Patch Tuesday – 129 Vulnerabilities, 23 Critical, SharePoint, Exchange, Windows Codecs, Adobe Vulns

This month’s Microsoft Patch Tuesday addresses 129 vulnerabilities with 23 of them labeled as Critical. The 23 Critical vulnerabilities cover SharePoint, Exchange, Dynamics 365, Windows Codecs, and several other workstation vulnerabilities. Adobe released patches today for Experience Manager,...

March 2019 Patch Tuesday – 65 Vulns, 18 Critical, RCEs in DHCP Client, Adobe Vulns

This month's Patch Tuesday addresses 65 vulnerabilities, with 18 of them labeled as Critical. Thirteen of the Critical vulns are for scripting engines and browser components, impacting Microsoft browsers and Office. Three remote code execution RCE vulnerabilities are patched in the Windows DHCP...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, June 2024 Security Update Review

Microsofts June Patch Tuesday is here, bringing fixes for vulnerabilities impacting its multiple products. This months release highlights the ongoing battle against cybersecurity threats, from critical updates to important fixes. Lets dive into the crucial insights from Microsofts Patch Tuesday...

Implement Risk-Based Vulnerability Management with Qualys TruRisk™ : Part 2

This blog is a continuation of our first blog on implementing risk-based vulnerability management with Qualys TruRiskTM. In the first blog, we covered how to correctly tag and categorize assets for accurate risk assessment. Now that you have properly tagged your assets, Qualys TruRiskTM will...

Casdoor SQL Injection (CVE-2022-24124)

On Jan 22, 2022, a high severity SQL Injection vulnerability was reported in Casdoor which affected versions before 1.13.1 release. The vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2022-24124 with CVSS V3 7.5 score has a publicly available simple proof of concept which makes it easier for skilled attackers to...

Qualys Policy Compliance Notification: Policy Library Updates (June)

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...

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

The recently released Android Security Bulletin for July 2021 addresses 44 vulnerabilities, out of which 7 are rated as critical vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities affect open-source components such as the Android Framework, Android Media Framework, and Android System. The vulnerabilities also...

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

The recently released Android Security Bulletin for April 2021 addresses 36 vulnerabilities, out of which 2 are rated as critical vulnerabilities. The vulnerabilities affect open-source components such as the Android Framework, Android Media Framework, Android System, and Android’s Linux Kernel...

Countdown to Black Hat: Top 10 Sessions to Attend — #3

We’re getting closer to Black Hat USA 2019, whose program is loaded with scores of research briefings and training courses. For attendees, it’s always a challenge to decide which ones to put on their schedule -- and which ones to leave out. To help with this task, we’re recommending a Black Hat U...

Meow Attack: A Reminder for Organizations to Identify and Secure Their Databases

Thousands of unsecured internet-facing databases have fallen prey to the “Meow” attack and have been permanently destroyed. Meow attacks replace the original index with a newly created one with the suffix “-meow”. With no ransomware demands or any other explanatory note, the attackers seem to hav...

Oracle Patch Update, January 2024 Security Update Review

Oracle has released its first quarterly edition of Critical Patch Update, which contains patches for 389 security vulnerabilities. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this update impact more than one product. These patches address vulnerabilities in a wide range of product families, includin...

Qualys Research Alert: OpenSSL 3.0.7 – What You Need To Know

On Tuesday, November 1, 2022, the OpenSSL project released a new version of OpenSSL with version 3.0.7. This update patches two buffer overflow vulnerabilities which can be triggered in X.509 certificate verification. These vulnerabilities only apply to OpenSSL 3.x. Both these vulnerabilities are...

Know Your ServiceNow and Qualys Integrations

If you are a current ServiceNow customer interested in cybersecurity, this blog is for you. If you are a Qualys customer who also uses ServiceNow, this blog is for you too. ServiceNow and Qualys have enjoyed a multi-year partnership, being two of the premier SaaS vendors covering the IT and...

WhatsApp Vulnerabilities: Automatically Discover and Remediate Using VMDR for Mobile Devices

WhatsApp has recently fixed critical and high-severity vulnerabilities affecting WhatsApp for Android, WhatsApp Business for Android, WhatsApp for iOS, and WhatsApp Business for iOS. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team CERT-In has issued a high-severity security warning for WhatsApp users...

Don’t Overlook Qualys Malware Detection

Cyber criminals are constantly looking for opportunities to infect legitimate websites with malware. They can use infected websites to cryptomine, steal data, hijack systems, deface pages, and do other damage to harm a company’s reputation and impact their users. This can result in lost revenue,...

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...

Risk Fact #4: Malware in your Cloud means Exploitation is underway

Qualys Blog Series – 2023 TotalCloud Security Insights by the Threat Research Unit The 2023 TotalCloud Security Insights report from the Qualys Threat Research Unit TRU provides research insights, best practices, and detailed recommendations organized by five separate Risk Facts. The insights wil...

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...

Global IT Asset Inventory: The Foundation for Security and Compliance

Pablo Quiroga, Qualys’ Director of Product Management for IT Asset Management, talks about the new Asset Inventory solution When IT directors and CISOs look at their digitally transformed networks, they encounter many shadows that their legacy enterprise software tools can’t illuminate. These bli...

QSC18: The Need for Security Visibility in the Age of Digital Transformation

Enterprises are moving full steam ahead when it comes to their digital transformation efforts. They’ve aggressively adopted cloud infrastructure and other cloud services, IoT, application containers, serverless functionality, and other technologies that are helping their organization to drive...

Intel Makes Spectre Patch Progress, while Adobe Grapples with Latest Flash Bug

It’s been a busy week in InfoSec land, as Intel released a new Spectre patch, iOS source code was leaked online, and a zero-day Flash bug got exploited in the wild. Also making noise these past few days: A major security hole in the Grammarly web app, WordPress updates tripping over each other, a...

May 2020 Patch Tuesday – 111 Vulns, 16 Critical, SharePoint, VS Code, Adobe Patches

Continuing the trend of large Microsoft Patch Tuesdays, this month’s addresses 111 vulnerabilities with 16 of them labeled as Critical. The 16 Critical vulnerabilities cover SharePoint, Browsers, Scripting Engines, Media Foundation, Microsoft Graphics, Microsoft Color Management, and the VS Code...

Countdown to Black Hat: Top 10 Sessions to Attend — #2

Black Hat USA 2019 is still two months away, but it’s never too early for attendees to start planning their schedule. That’s why each week we’re recommending one session from the scores of research briefings and training courses that will be offered at the conference. Following our first pick las...

SSL Labs Grading Update: Forward Secrecy, Authenticated Encryption and ROBOT

Update March 1, 2018: The completion of these changes is documented under Version 1.31.0 in the SSL Labs Changelog. We are giving advance notification for following grading criteria changes applying from March 1, 2018: Not using forward secrecy, not using AEAD suites, and vulnerability to ROBOT...

Verizon’s DBIR Highlights Key Drivers of Security Risk

It’s that time of the year when Verizon updates us on the latest trends in the global threat landscape with its Data Breach Investigations Report DBIR. The findings in this year’s report are based on data provided by more than 70 sources including Qualys about more than 41,000 security incidents,...

What we’ve got here is failure to communicate: OS vendors misread CPU docs, create flaw

In a memorable scene from “Jumpin’ Jack Flash,” Whoopi Goldberg struggles to understand the lyrics of the eponymous song from the Rolling Stones, as she pleads: “Mick, Mick, Mick, speak English!” It appears that multiple operating system vendors had similar trouble interpreting Intel and AMD...

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...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, September 2023 Security Update Review

Microsoft has released the Patch Tuesday edition for September. This months updates have addressed 66 security vulnerabilities including Edge Chromium-based in multiple products, features, and roles. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for September 2023 Microsoft has addressed two zero-day publicly exploite...

July Patch Tuesday – Critical browser patches, Lazy FP, Exchange, Adobe vulns

This month's Patch Tuesday is medium in weight, with 54 CVEs containing 17 Criticals. All but two of the Critical vulnerabilities are in Microsoft's browsers or browser-related technologies. An additional speculative execution vulnerability announced in June was patched as well. Adobe has also...

Gaining Control over Your Digital Certificates

Digital certificate management is in an inadequate state at most organizations, a serious problem, considering that SSL/TLS certificates are critical for a host of e-business functions. “If you’re doing something on the Internet, you’re using SSL,” Asif Karel, a Qualys Director of Product...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, April 2024 Security Update Review

Welcome to another insightful dive into Microsofts Patch Tuesday! This months security updates address a vast number of vulnerabilities in multiple popular products, features, and roles. We invite you to join us to review and discuss the details of these security updates and patches. Microsoft...

Top Black Hat USA Sessions for Qualys Customers

Black Hat USA is known for cutting-edge security research, and this year’s conference is no different. If you’re a Qualys customer, here are some Black Hat sessions we think youll find relevant. Next-Gen DFIR: Mass Exploits & Supplier Compromise An investigation of real “next-gen” digital forensi...

All Hands Memo to Owners of Home / Small Office Routers: Reboot Them!

This last week or so of May has been busy with security news and incidents, as the FBI put out an unprecedented call to do a massive wave of reboots of home and small office routers, while Intel confirmed the existence of yet another Spectre / Meltdown variant. And, yes, we had yet another...

2024 Midyear Threat Landscape Review

As we navigate the complexities of 2024, its crucial to pause and reflect on the evolving threat landscape that surrounds us. This moment offers a unique opportunity to scrutinize our triumphs and missteps, understand the events that have decisively shaped our environment, and consider those that...

Introducing CyberSecurity Asset Management 3.0 with Expanded Discovery and Cyber Risk Assessment

Qualys is re-defining attack surface management with CyberSecurity Asset Management CSAM 3.0, expanding the most comprehensive attack surface coverage on the market to include patent-pending EASM discovery and scan, passive sensing for unmanaged/untrusted devices built in to the Qualys agent, and...

PAN-OS Critical Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2020-2040) – Automatically Discover, Prioritize and Remediate Using Qualys VMDR®

On Sept 9, 2020, Palo Alto Networks published nine security bulletins addressing vulnerabilities in PAN-OS operating system versions 8.0 or later. One of the nine CVEs released, CVE-2020-2040, received a critical severity rating score of 9.8 based on the CVSS v3 Scoring system. PAN-OS devices are...

Microsoft Released Out-of-Band Advisory – Windows Adobe Type Manager Library Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (ADV200006)

Today, Microsoft released an out-of-band security advisory ADV200006 to address two critical remote code execution vulnerabilities in Adobe Type Manager Library. Microsoft is also aware of limited, targeted attacks that attempt to leverage this vulnerability. The Vulnerability Microsoft Windows...

Qualys Cloud Platform 8.21.6 New Features

Update Nov 19, 2019: This blog post was updated with additional detail about the new features in 8.21.6. The 8.21.6 release adds several new features in Qualys Cloud Platform, Policy Compliance, and Vulnerability Management. Apart from various other new features, this release adds support for App...

Infosec Teams Race To Secure DevOps

With DevOps adoption spreading, infosec teams are scrambling to address the new security challenges stemming from DevOps’ accelerated code development and app deployment. But while IT organizations have made notable progress adapting security to their DevOps processes, work remains to be done...

QSC 2022: Qualys’ Threat Research Unit (TRU) – Our Shield Is Your Shield

Day two of QSC profiled the special launch of the Qualys Threat Research Unit, TRU. Taking the audience through a madcap tour of what the threat research unit is doing to provide intelligence and actionable insights into its census was Travis Smith, VP of Qualys Threat Research Unit. He dove deep...

iOS / iPadOS 14.5 Updates: Identify Assets Requiring Update and Take Remote Action with VMDR for Mobile Devices

Apple recently released iOS 14.5 and iPadOS 14.5 which include a security update that addresses almost 50 vulnerabilities including several critical RCE and privilege escalation vulnerabilities. Qualys recommends security teams to immediately update all devices running iOS and iPadOS to the lates...