Vulnerability management software provider Tenable is adding a new Cyber Insurance Report within its Tenable Vulnerability Management solution designed to summarize exposure information relevant to cyber insurance providers to help streamline the policy underwriting process for insurers and customers. According to Tenable, the Cyber Insurance Report will enable insurers, for the first time, to measure […]
Organizations should expect to see continued cyberattacks leveraging the Log4Shell vulnerability in 2023, cybersecurity company GreyNoise Intelligence says in a new report. The Washington, D.C.-based internet scanning traffic analysis firm’s recently released report, the 2022 Mass Exploitation Report, dives deep into the most significant threat detection events of the past year, including touching on CISA’s […]
Microsoft says it has uncovered a vulnerability in macOS that could allow attackers to bypass restrictions imposed by Apple’s Gatekeeper security mechanism, which is designed to ensure that only trusted apps run on the company’s devices. According to Microsoft’s Security Threat Intelligence team, the vulnerability, it calls Achilles, could allow attackers to bypass Gatekeeper and […]
Apple this week has patched a wide range of security fixes, including one in WebKit that is being actively exploited and impacting all supported iPhones. The security update, included in iOS 16.1.2, macOS Ventura, macOS Big Sur, macOS Monterey, Apple TV, fixes a bug that would allow arbitrary code execution if maliciously crafted web content […]
Palo Alto Networks is releasing Xpanse Active Attack Surface Management, a new tool built into the cybersecurity solution provider’s Cortex platform designed to help security teams actively find and fix known and unknown internet-connected risks. According to the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company, Xpanse Active Attack Surface management (Xpanse Active ASM) is designed with automation to […]
Microsoft is launching the public preview for hardware and firmware assessments in Microsoft Defender Vulnerability Management, a new feature designed to give organizations full visibility into device manufacturer, processor and BIOS information. According to the Redmon, Wash. IT giant, firmware and hardware attacks are on the rise as hackers target hardware components to gain high […]
New research from vulnerability management software company Tenable finds that nearly three-quarters of organizations remain vulnerable to the Log4Shell vulnerability as of Oct. 1, nearly a full calendar year after the critical bug in the widely used Java logging tool Log4j was discovered. When Log4Shell was discovered in December 2021, Tenable found that one in […]
Vulnerability management company Tenable is creating a new research alliance program designed to share information prior to vulnerability disclosures and reduce the window of opportunity threat actors have to exploit newly disclosed vulnerabilities. According to the company, the Tenable Research Alliance Program allows security teams and system administrators to address attack paths and mitigate vulnerabilities […]
Microsoft has released fixes for 85 vulnerabilities as part of the October 2022 Patch Tuesday, including 15 that are rated critical and one listed as being exploited in the wild. However, the company still has yet to release patches for the two Exchange vulnerabilities that were reported as being actively exploited last week. Admins should […]
Vulnerability management software provider Tenable is releasing Tenable One, a new exposure management platform designed to unify discovery and visibility into all assets and asses their exposures and vulnerabilities across the entire attack surface for proactive risk management. The company says Tenable One combines vulnerability management, external attack surface management, identity management and cloud security […]
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