vulnerability management in news
There's no escape from the cloud, say CIOs
News Security was an issue, as was the vulnerability of a loss of connection to remote critical systems. Simon Stapleton, chief innovation officer, Skandia Investment Solutions said: "Any innovation that can take away the... [11 Nov 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Security Bulletin MS08-044 gives details of five critical vulnerabilities in Office filters that could allow remote code execution, while Security Bulletin MS08-046 gives details of a vulnerability in the Microsoft... [13 Aug 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Cloud-based proxy computers could provide security services traditionally performed locally, such as enforcing authentication, data loss prevention, intrusion prevention, network access control and vulnerability... [17 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News The vulnerability only affects the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Office Access 2000, 2002 and 2003. Eventually, Microsoft may provide a security update for the vulnerability,... [08 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Open Secure Shell (SSH) buffer management flaw below version 3.7.1: Some SSH servers are running a version of OpenSSH which is known to be vulnerable to a buffer management vulnerability... [19 Jun 2008]
Cyber-extortion on the rise - but targets the 'fringe'
News Insiders may have been involved, so was this a computer security vulnerability at all? The CIA is involved because Tom [Donahue] is the person responsible for the US cyberthreat analysis, and he and his... [24 Jan 2008]
Microsoft warns of 'critical' Windows flaw
News Microsoft said in the advisory: "An anonymous attacker could try to exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted RPC packet to an affected system. RPC has been involved in several security bugs before,... [13 Apr 2007]
Warning over "critical" QuickTime hole
News A newly disclosed security vulnerability in Apple's QuickTime software could put both Macs and Windows PCs at risk of cyber attacks, experts have warned. The publication on Monday of the vulnerability... [03 Jan 2007]
Three dire Windows holes patched
News Amol Sarwate, a research manager at vulnerability management company Qualys, said: "While we see Microsoft making an attempt to patch zero-day vulnerabilities, they are still struggling to keep up with... [13 Dec 2006]
Windows worm holes plugged
News The most urgent issue is a flaw in Microsoft's "Workstation Service" in Windows 2000 and Windows XP, said Amol Sarwate, a research manager at vulnerability management company Qualys. Microsoft said in... [15 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: Do businesses spend too much on IT?
News He said: "It seems to me especially true in the central public sector, where there are many areas which could do with a good dose of 'vulnerability reduction' and a bit more emphasis on delivering something rather than... [06 Oct 2006]
Boom time coming for SaaS vendors
News Philippe Courtot, CEO of on-demand vulnerability management vendor Qualys, said the software as a service boom has caught many traditional on-premise vendors "with their pants down". DeSisto said: "No... [02 Oct 2006]
CIOs told 'outsource or die'
News His words reflect the opinion of Philippe Courtot, CEO of Qualys, an outsourced vulnerability management provider who said his company is seeing a great many converts to out-of-house models. Businesses... [22 Sep 2006]
Microsoft fixes faulty IE patch
News That crash turned out to be the result of a buffer overrun vulnerability introduced by the security update, Microsoft said earlier this week. A Microsoft representative said in a statement sent via email on Thursday:... [25 Aug 2006]
Intel patches Centrino flaws
News The vulnerability involving the Intel Centrino wireless driver could allow attackers within range of a wi-fi station to access a vulnerable laptop and execute arbitrary code on the target system, according to the Intel... [03 Aug 2006]
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