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...

TotalCloud Insights: When Multi-Factor Authentication Turns Into Single-Factor Authentication

Introduction Multi-factor authentication MFA failures have fuelled a 500% surge in ransomware losses, as noted in an article published by "The Hacker News"—from an average ransom payment of $400,000 in 2023 to $2 million in 2024. And attacks exploiting an MFA failure are getting increasingly...

HHS OIG Report Underscores Challenges of Securing the Cloud

On July 22, 2024, HHS Health and Human Services OIG published a report identifying a need for the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Secretary HHS OS to improve key security controls to better protect cloud information systems. The report, while focused on HHS OS, underscores...

Our Takeaways From 2024 Gartner Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection Platforms (CNAPP): Insights and Market Evolution

Are your cloud-native applications and multi-cloud infrastructure adequately protected against evolving threats? How confident are you in your current security measures for cloud workloads and containerized environments? The recent Gartner Market Guide for Cloud-Native Application Protection...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, August 2024 Security Update Review

Microsoft’s August Patch Tuesday updates are out, and they address a range of vulnerabilities across multiple products. Let’s dive into the key updates and their implications. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for August 2024 Microsoft Patchs Tuesday, August 2024 edition addressed 102 vulnerabilities,...

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...

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...

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...

Secure Your APIs and Reduce Your Attack Surface With Modern, AI-powered API Security in Qualys Web Application Scanning (WAS)

The rise of APIs presents both opportunities and challenges in today’s hyperconnected digital world. APIs are integral to digital transformation initiatives across industries. The latest data indicates that over 83% of web traffic now comprises API traffic, highlighting their critical role in...

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,...

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...

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...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, July 2024 Security Update Review

Julys Patch Tuesday brings a midsummer wave of updates, addressing critical vulnerabilities and enhancing security across the Microsoft ecosystem. Lets discover the highlights from Microsofts Patch Tuesday updates for July 2024. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for July 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesdays July...

Understanding the Hidden Cyber Risk from Tech Debt (EoL/EoS)

End-of-life EoL and end-of-support EoS hardware, software, and operating systems exist in every single technology environment, and they are an exponential multiplier of cyber risk. By definition, vulnerabilities with EoL/EoS technology are unpatchable. In some cases, IT teams can pay for extended...

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 ...

Qualys Blog

On Wednesday, July 3, 2024 at 2:45 AM EDT Qualys identified suspicious spam content posted to the Qualys blog. Qualys conducted an investigation to identify any compromise and/or impact due to this unauthorized spam blog post and found no indication that the incident had any impact on customer...

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regreSSHion: Remote Unauthenticated Code Execution Vulnerability in OpenSSH server

The Qualys Threat Research Unit TRU has discovered a Remote Unauthenticated Code Execution RCE vulnerability in OpenSSH’s server sshd in glibc-based Linux systems. CVE assigned to this vulnerability is CVE-2024-6387. The vulnerability, which is a signal handler race condition in OpenSSHs server...

Polyfill.io Supply Chain Attack

The polyfill.js is a popular open-source library that helps older browsers support functionality in newer browsers. Thousands of sites embed it using the cdn.polyfill.io domain. In February 2024, a Chinese company Funnull bought the domain and the GitHub account. The company has modified...

Decoding OWASP – A Security Engineer’s Roadmap to Application Security

In a time where over 60% of data breaches are linked to software vulnerabilities and a single overlooked software vulnerability can expose sensitive data, the imperative of robust application security cannot be overstated. The 2023 IBM Security Cost of a Data Breach Report highlights that...

Essential Strategies to Secure Your Web Applications and APIs in a Modern Application Development World

In today’s interconnected digital world, the role of web applications and APIs has become central to business operations, acting as gateways to vast amounts of valuable data and services. However, their widespread use and accessibility make them prime targets for cybercriminals, posing substantia...

Secure Your Containerized Environments with Qualys Containerized Scanner Appliance (QCSA)

IT has undergone a series of significant shifts over the years, from physical infrastructure to virtual, and how infrastructure was managed and maintained. This shift led IT through the digital transformation era, introducing various types of clouds and “As-a-Service” models. Although...

TotalCloud Insights: Protect Your AWS Environment by Managing Access Keys Securely

Introduction With the average cost of a data breach coming in at $4.45M in 2023, safeguarding sensitive information and maintaining the security of cloud environments is more critical than ever. Instances of compromised access keys, not exclusive to AWS Amazon Web Services but prevalent across...

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...

Check Point Security Gateway Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2024-24919)

Check Point Security Gateway is a secure web gateway that is an on-premises or cloud-delivered network security service. Check Point enforces network security policies, including firewall, VPN, and intrusion prevention capabilities. Check Point published a zero-day advisory on May 28, 2024,...

TotalCloud Insights: Securing Your Data—The Power of Encryption in Preventing Threats

Introduction Did you know there is a 90% failure rate for encryption-related controls of MySQL Server in Microsoft Azure? The issue isnt confined to Azure; in Google Cloud Platform GCP environments there is a 98% failure rate of encryption-related controls for both compute engine and storage...

PCI DSS 4.0: Get Audit-Ready for the New Requirements

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard PCI DSS originated in 2004 and is managed by the PCI Security Standards Council to ensure security for the global payment industry. This mandate applies to all entities worldwide that store, process, or transmit payment cardholder data or sensitive...

2024 Cybersecurity Trends: What’s Observable Already?

2024 has already witnessed a staggering number of cyber incidents, with over 29.5 billion records breached across 4,645 publicly disclosed incidents in January alone, according to the IT Governance Security Spotlight. Moreover, CVEs are growing significantly year over year, with 13% growth from...

TotalCloud Insights: Uncovering the Hidden Dangers in Google Cloud Dataproc

Summary The Apache Hadoop Distributed File System HDFS can be vulnerable to data compromise when a Compute Engine cluster is in a public-facing virtual private cloud VPC or shares the VPC with other Compute Engine instances. Google Cloud Platform GCP provides a default VPC called default. This VP...

Qualys Enterprise TruRisk™ Platform Extends FIM with Real-Time Monitoring of Unauthorized Access to Sensitive Data and Configuration Change Detection on Network Devices

Introducing FIM 4.0 with File Access Monitoring FAM and Agentless FIM to ensure compliance with the new PCI 4.0 File Integrity Monitoring FIM solutions are essential for virtually any organization to help identify suspicious activities across critical system files and registries, diagnose changes...

How the Qualys Enterprise TruRisk™ Platform Supports CISA Vulnrichment

Introduction In todays interconnected digital landscape, cybersecurity threats pose significant risks to organizations across various sectors. Recognizing the need for a structured approach to identify, prioritize, and address vulnerabilities, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency...

TotalCloud Container Security Best Practices

Qualys Container Security CS, an integral part of TotalCloud 2.0, provides a comprehensive view of the security posture of containerized applications. Operationalizing a new technology tool in an enterprise often presents its own challenges. This blog seeks to help the operations team familiarize...

Microsoft and Adobe Patch Tuesday, May 2024 Security Update Review

Microsoft has released its May edition of Patch Tuesday. Lets take a deep dive into the crucial insights from Microsofts Patch Tuesday updates for May 2024. Microsoft Patch Tuesday for May 2024 Microsoft Patch Tuesdays May 2024 edition addressed 67 vulnerabilities, including one critical and 59...

Get Weekends Back: Put Chrome CVEs like CVE-2024-5274 on Auto-Patching

On May 9th, Google released an emergency update for its Chrome browser to patch a critical zero-day vulnerability, CVE-2024-4671. The "use after free" vulnerability affects the Visuals component of Chrome, which is responsible for rendering and displaying content. CVE-2024-4671 was identified and...

TotalCloud Insights: A Wake-Up Call on Cloud Database Security Failure Rates

In part 1 of this two-part blog, we explored how to safeguard cloud databases from SQL Server threats and lateral movement risks. In this second part, we turn our focus to a comparative analysis of database security across three major cloud service providers CSPs, AWS, Azure, and GCP, as well as...

Elevating Security: Qualys Unveils First Solution for Scanning AWS Bottlerocket in Amazon EKS and Amazon ECS

With this new offering, Qualys establishes itself as the first and only vendor solution with the unique ability to scan AWS Bottlerocket instances directly using the Qualys Cloud Agent and TotalCloud Agent-less Snapshot-Based Scan. This innovative capability empowers organizations to...

How to Create Collaboration and Shared Goals with IT and Security Teams

In today’s ITSM landscape, merging IT operations and security practices is no longer “ideal”, but imperative. According to a recent Gartner® Board of Directors Survey 1, 88% of respondents indicated that their organization perceives cybersecurity as a business risk. This was up from 58% in 2016,...

Assess, Remediate, and Prevent the Top 10 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques for Ransomware, Mapped to Misconfigurations

In cybersecurity, the battle against ransomware is a pivotal challenge for organizations worldwide. Attackers are consistently refining their methods, highlighting the critical need for businesses to remain proactive in their defense strategies. To effectively address this threat, it is essential...

Qualys Is Proud to Sign CISA’s Secure by Design Pledge

Cybersecurity leaders in the U.S. are very familiar with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency CISA and their important work to keep the internet, our country, and its citizens safe from cyber threats. As part of their efforts, CISA has identified secure by design software as a key...

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...

Agentless FIM for Detecting Network Configuration Changes

Dealing with multiple network administrators making frequent configuration changes with a monitoring solution that provides insights into device change without causing resource constraints. The performance and capabilities of a network device are entirely dependent upon its configuration settings...

Qualys Launches MSSP Portal to Empower Managed Security Service Providers

In the words of Sun Tzu, In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity. This aptly captures the essence of todays cybersecurity landscape. Managed Security Service Providers MSSPs stand at the forefront, turning chaos into opportunity by securing digital assets across the entire infrastructure...

Verizon’s 2024 DBIR Unpacked: From Ransomware Evolution to Supply Chain Vulnerabilities

As we delve into cybersecuritys complex and evolving landscape, the Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report DBIR offers crucial insights into the mechanisms and motives behind the latest wave of cyberattacks. Qualys is once again proud to contribute to the report, helping to dissect these...

CrushFTP Zero-Day Exploitation Due to CVE-2024-4040

Vulnerability Scope & Details CrushFTP disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in their software on April 19, 2024. The vulnerability is published on CVE-2024-4040. Affected versions: 9.x versions before 10.7.1 11.1.0 The CVSS score is 9.8. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass the VFS...

ArcaneDoor Unlocked: Tackling State-Sponsored Cyber Espionage in Network Perimeters

Cisco recently uncovered a sophisticated cyber espionage campaign, ArcaneDoor, targeting perimeter network devices used by government and critical infrastructure sectors. This campaign involves state-sponsored actors exploiting two zero-day vulnerabilities CVE-2024-20353 and CVE-2024-20359 aimed...

Unveiling the Hidden Power of the CMDB in Cybersecurity

In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, where attacks grow increasingly sophisticated, organizations must leverage every tool at their disposal to stay one step ahead. While CISOs and SecOps teams often focus on disciplines such as vulnerability detection, attack surface management, and...

Staying Five Steps Ahead of Cyber Risk

Organizations are continuously seeking effective strategies to protect their digital environments. With over 26,000 vulnerabilities discovered last year, Qualys Vulnerability Management, Detection, and Response VMDR offers a comprehensive solution designed to meet the needs of both security and I...