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NSA list: what you need to know about the top vulnerabilities currently targeted by Chinese hackers Part 2

In our previous blog we covered the first 10 of the NSA vulnerabilities currently targeted by Chinese hackers, here the remaining ones, again demonstrating the predictive power of our risk based vulnerability management tool Farsight

NSA list: what you need to know about the top vulnerabilities currently targeted by Chinese hackers Part 1

This week NSA published a list of the top 25 vulnerabilities that Chinese hackers are actively exploiting, and unsurprisingly the list included some of the most prominent CVEs that we’ve covered in our previous risk based vulnerability management blogs.

Fix now: High risk vulnerabilities at large, October 13th

This time around, the MySQL vulnerabilities caught our attention because of their low CVSS scores compared to their high likelihood risk rating. This is something we see often when working with our customers, and demonstrates how a risk based approach to vulnerability management changes as organizations focus on where there is a real risk of compromise.

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Container Inspection: Walking The Security Tightrope For Cloud DevOps

Containers are at the forefront of software development creating a revolution in cloud computing. Developers are opting for containerization at an impressive rate due to its efficiency, flexibility and portability. However, as the usage of containers increases, so should the security surrounding it. With containers comprising of many valuable components it is of the utmost importance that there are no vulnerabilities exposed when developing applications, and risks are mitigated before containers, and their contents, reach the end-user.

Fix now: High risk vulnerabilities at large, September 29th

Since the global pandemic we’ve been writing about the latest CVEs to look out for in our risk based vulnerability management blog. As we head into the Autumn and the nights begin to draw in, threat actors continue to exploit vulnerabilities and cause disruption. Let’s take a look at some that have raised their profile in the last couple of weeks

Container inspection: walking the security tight rope for cloud DevOps

Containers have become very popular with DevOps as a way to increase speed and agility. However, with recent reports of hackers utilizing vulnerabilities in Docker container images to compromise hosts and launch malicious containers – how can we identify this at the time of development to prevent security costing us later?

Accreditation body CREST recognize Outpost24 for web application penetration testing

We are adding CREST to our growing list of industry certifications, which includes PCI ASV and ISO 27001 ensuring our customers know they’re in good hands and the services they receive meet industry best practice and vital data sovereignty standards.

Fix now: High risk vulnerabilities at large, September 2020

Since the start of the pandemic we’ve been writing about the latest CVEs to look out for in our risk based vulnerability management blog. As we head into the Autumn and the nights begin to draw in, threat actors continue to exploit vulnerabilities the world over. Let’s take a look at some that have raised their profile in the last couple of weeks.

Fix now: High risk vulnerabilities at large, August 2020

Since April 2020 we’ve been writing about the latest CVEs to look out for in our risk based vulnerability management blog. Going into August we are highlighting a CVE affecting a popular password vault – KeePass, along with a few interesting ones. Read on for more information on how to prioritize these vulnerabilities for patching to mitigate risk.