Qualys now supports macOS in its cloud security tools

Qualys, sometimes described as one of the pioneering SaaS vendors, has bent with the times to begin offering Mac support within its cloud security offering.

A pioneer in SaaS goes Mac

Since it launched in 1999, Qualys has traditionally offered its services to PCs, mobile devices, and cloud-native applications. The company’s original 2000 product, QualysGuard, was distinguished as one of the first to market vulnerability management tools.

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A Cybersecurity Risk Assessment Guide for Leaders

Credit to Author: Jon Clay| Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Cybersecurity risk assessment provides the continuous asset detection, analysis, prioritization, and risk scoring needed to keep pace with a continuously growing digital attack surface.

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Hijacking Your Bandwidth: How Proxyware Apps Open You Up to Risk

Credit to Author: Trend Micro Research| Date: Tue, 07 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

In this investigation, we analyzed several prominent “passive income” applications and found out that there may be security risks upon participating in these programs.

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Two year old vulnerability used in ransomware attack against VMware ESXi

Categories: Exploits and vulnerabilities

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Tags: Linux

Tags: CVE-2021-21974

Over the weekend, several CERTs warned about ongoing ransomware attacks against unpatched VMware ESXi virtual machines.

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A week in security (January 30 – February 5)

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Tags: multi-threat ransomware

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The most interesting security related news from the week of January 30 – February 5.

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