First look at Windows 8 security features
Windows 8 launched this week. It brings a new interface, but under the hood, it introduces a number of new security features. The most significant change in terms of security …
Qualys extends QualysGuard Cloud Platform
Qualys announced that QualysGuard Vulnerability Management will now feature vulnerability prediction capabilities within a new dashboard and threat reports for zero-days and …
Qualys expands QualysGuard PCI cloud platform
Qualys has expanded QualysGuard PCI to assist organizations of all sizes to meet Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards (DSS), including new internal scanning …
Qualys adds IPv6 support to FreeScan
Qualys announced at Security B-Sides Las Vegas that FreeScan – a popular free service that allows organizations to scan web sites or publicly facing IP addresses for …
Monitoring the quality of SSL support
Ivan Ristic, Director of Engineering at Qualys, talks about SSL Pulse – a continuous and global dashboard for monitoring the quality of SSL support across the top one …
Vulnerabilities in open source WAF ModSecurity
During our research of web application firewall evasion issues, we uncovered a flaw in ModSecurity that may lead to complete bypass of the installed rules, in the cases when …
Qualys releases virtualized private cloud platform
Qualys introduced a private cloud version of its QualysGuard Cloud Platform that allows customers to host and operate the security and compliance platform within their data …
Microsoft to release seven bulletins next week
The Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2012 lists seven bulletins, three of which are rated “critical” and four “important.” The …
Make your pentester work harder for his money
In this video recorded at Infosecurity 2012, Wolfgang Kandek, CTO at Qualys, talks about their recent research dealing with Java. Many modern exploits use Java as a stepping …
Top 10 patching hurdles and how to overcome them
Patching is the most effective, efficient and simple method to mitigate malware, worms and viruses. It may not protect against advance attacks that make use of 0-day …
SSL governance and implementation across the Internet
Philippe Courtot, founder of the Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM), and chairman and CEO of Qualys, talks about how the TIM has chosen SSL governance and implementation …
Apple security update fixes QuickTime vulnerabilities
Apple just released an advisory addressing 17 security flaws in QuickTime Media Player. The update is rated critical as several of the fixed vulnerabilities can be used to …