Tag: Qualys

  • Down The Vulnerability Rabbit Hole

    [This was originally published on RiskBasedSecurity.com.] In a recent article, The Importance of a Living Database, we detailed why it is important to revisit entries as new information comes to light. Like the times, vulnerabilities are a-changin’. We’ve been known to revisit a vulnerability record over 1,200 times, which may seem excessive, and some may […]

  • Let’s X-ray SCMagazine…

    [This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] Hopefully a really quick blog, but a section of a news article titled “Hackers are having a field day with stolen credentials” by Amol Sarwate, Qualys’ Director of Vulnerability Labs, published in SC Magazine caught my attention. The section: Let’s X-ray the attack methods Typically, hackers “fingerprint” […]

  • Adobe, Qualys, CVE, and Math

    [This was originally published on the OSVDB blog.] Elinor Mills wrote an article titled Firefox, Adobe top buggiest-software list. In it, she quotes Qualys as providing vulnerability statistics for Mozilla, Adobe and others. Qualys states: The number of vulnerabilities in Adobe programs rose from 14 last year to 45 this year, while those in Microsoft […]