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Attacks involving critical Fortinet FortiWeb bug underway

SecurityWeek reports that vulnerable Fortinet FortiWeb instances impacted by the critical relative path traversal flaw, tracked as CVE-2025-64446, were noted by Fortinet and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to have been subjected to ongoing attacks, with CISA urging federal agencies to remediate the bug by Nov. 21.

Thousands of Citrix NetScaler instances remain vulnerable to actively exploited bugs

Almost 1,289 Citrix NetScaler ADC and NetScaler Gateway servers continue to be at risk of intrusions involving the critical out-of-bounds memory vulnerability CVE-2025-5777, dubbed as “Citrix Bleed 2”, while 2,100 instances remain vulnerable to the critical memory overflow issue, tracked as CVE-2025-6543, following the release of fixes last week, according to Cyber Security News.

Future-ready cybersecurity: Lessons from the MITRE CVE crisis

The recent funding crisis surrounding MITRE’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program was more than just a bureaucratic hiccup — it was a wake-up call for an industry that has relied on CVEs for years to identify, categorize, and prioritize vulnerabilities. Out of the blue, we discovered the foundation was suddenly at risk. Worse still,…

Future-ready cybersecurity: Lessons from the MITRE CVE crisis

The recent funding crisis surrounding MITRE’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program was more than just a bureaucratic hiccup — it was a wake-up call for an industry that has relied on CVEs for years to identify, categorize, and prioritize vulnerabilities. Out of the blue, we discovered the foundation was suddenly at risk. Worse still,…

Future-ready cybersecurity: Lessons from the MITRE CVE crisis

The recent funding crisis surrounding MITRE’s Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) program was more than just a bureaucratic hiccup — it was a wake-up call for an industry that has relied on CVEs for years to identify, categorize, and prioritize vulnerabilities. Out of the blue, we discovered the foundation was suddenly at risk. Worse still,…

The Evolution of Vulnerability Management with Steve Carter

Steve Carter discusses the evolution of the vulnerability management market, as well as where vulnerability management has failed and why the next phase has to center around automation and scale. The problem, as Carter sees it, is deceptively simple: Organizations are drowning in vulnerabilities but still can’t prioritize or fix them quickly. Scanners can identify..…

Prophylactic Cybersecurity for Healthcare

How to Be Proactive in a Reactive World In healthcare, preventative medicine is always more effective, less costly, and has better outcomes than waiting until after a serious heart incident occurs. It’s an apt analogy for cybersecurity as well. Prophylactic (preventative) care in cybersecurity yields far better outcomes than constantly scrambling to respond to critical……

Reasoning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence

Lately, I often hear people asking: “Will Artificial Intelligence replace my job?” Perhaps you’ve had this thought too. More than just a matter of the job market or salary expectations, this question challenges our role in society and our ability to remain relevant over time. It’s worth addressing this doubt once and for all, especially…

The Ultimate Guide to Vulnerability Assessment

Vulnerability assessment is a process that identifies security weaknesses of any IT system, network, application, or cloud environment. It is a proactive approach to detect and fix security gaps before… The post The Ultimate Guide to Vulnerability Assessment appeared first on Strobes Security. The post The Ultimate Guide to Vulnerability Assessment appeared first on Security…

White House: Salt Typhoon hacks possible because telecoms lacked basic security measures

The White House said Friday that as the U.S. government continues to assess the damage caused by the Salt Typhoon hacks, the breach occurred in large part due to telecommunications companies failing to implement rudimentary cybersecurity measures across their IT infrastructure.  Anne Neuberger, the White House’s deputy national security adviser for cyber and emerging technology,…

Best of 2024: CVE-2024-38063: An In-Depth Look at the Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

In a recent security advisory, Microsoft disclosed a high-severity vulnerability identified as CVE-2024-38063. This critical Remote Code Execution (RCE) flaw, rated with a CVSS score of 9.8, poses a significant… The post CVE-2024-38063: An In-Depth Look at the Critical Remote Code Execution Vulnerability appeared first on Strobes Security. The post Best of 2024: CVE-2024-38063: An…

Log4Shell Vulnerability | Why it Still Exists and How to Protect Yourself | Contrast Security

Three years ago, Log4Shell was the worst holiday gift ever for security teams, particularly given that it was wrapped in a CISA order to patch by Christmas Eve.  The post Log4Shell Vulnerability | Why it Still Exists and How to Protect Yourself | Contrast Security appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 12/13/24

Insight No. 1: Stop patching the CVE dumpster fire with Vulnrichment It’s time to integrate the crucial data — Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scores and other crucial information  — from CISA’s Vulnrichment program directly into the NVD. Centralize, streamline, and then focus on what really matters: runtime analysis of your applications. Insight No. 2: Zero days don’t give…

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 12/13/24

Insight No. 1: Stop patching the CVE dumpster fire with Vulnrichment It’s time to integrate the crucial data — Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scores and other crucial information  — from CISA’s Vulnrichment program directly into the NVD. Centralize, streamline, and then focus on what really matters: runtime analysis of your applications. Insight No. 2: Zero days don’t give…

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 12/13/24

Insight No. 1: Stop patching the CVE dumpster fire with Vulnrichment It’s time to integrate the crucial data — Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scores and other crucial information  — from CISA’s Vulnrichment program directly into the NVD. Centralize, streamline, and then focus on what really matters: runtime analysis of your applications. Insight No. 2: Zero days don’t give…

How Businesses Can Utilise Penetration Testing

Understand your security vulnerabilities Article by Beau Peters The basic approaches like phishing simulations are good, but they tend to have limited reach. This is why more agile methods, penetration testing among them, have been getting increasing attention. In essence, this sees experts with a background in ethical hacking utilizing the techniques of cybercriminals to breach a…

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How Businesses Can Utilise Penetration Testing

Understand your security vulnerabilities Article by Beau Peters The basic approaches like phishing simulations are good, but they tend to have limited reach. This is why more agile methods, penetration testing among them, have been getting increasing attention. In essence, this sees experts with a background in ethical hacking utilizing the techniques of cybercriminals to breach a…

How Businesses Can Utilise Penetration Testing

Understand your security vulnerabilities Article by Beau Peters The basic approaches like phishing simulations are good, but they tend to have limited reach. This is why more agile methods, penetration testing among them, have been getting increasing attention. In essence, this sees experts with a background in ethical hacking utilizing the techniques of cybercriminals to breach a…

How Businesses Can Utilise Penetration Testing

Understand your security vulnerabilities Article by Beau Peters The basic approaches like phishing simulations are good, but they tend to have limited reach. This is why more agile methods, penetration testing among them, have been getting increasing attention. In essence, this sees experts with a background in ethical hacking utilizing the techniques of cybercriminals to breach a…

How Businesses Can Utilise Penetration Testing

Understand your security vulnerabilities Article by Beau Peters The basic approaches like phishing simulations are good, but they tend to have limited reach. This is why more agile methods, penetration testing among them, have been getting increasing attention. In essence, this sees experts with a background in ethical hacking utilizing the techniques of cybercriminals to breach a…

Which is more Important: Vulnerability Scans Or Penetration Tests?

Which Is Better? A Vulnerability Scan Or A Penetration Test? Vulnerability scanning and penetration tests are two very different ways to test your system for any vulnerabilities. Despite this, they are often confused about the same service, which leads to business owners purchasing one service when they are really in need of the other. In…