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Information Security: Vulnerability Scanning Requirements For GISRA
White Papers The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has demonstrated the efficacy of a broad-based, targeted vulnerability scanning and remediation program - for more than 80,000 computers in ten major facilities.
[August 30, 2005, 0:00]
Vulnerability Auctions Compromising Security
News I would speculate that if I am a vulnerability researcher and I have the option of, for example, a nice mention from Microsoft on an advisory under 'responsible disclosure' or pay off my mortgage, which one do I choose?
[July 19, 2006, 16:35]
Effective Vulnerability Management: Proactively Secure Your Assets And Preempt Security Threats
White Papers This paper discusses the challenges faced by enterprises in vulnerability management and how Lucent's Automated Vulnerability Detection System (AVDS) presents a compelling solution for vulnerability scanning and improves the overall vulnerability...
[August 30, 2007, 0:00]
An Executive's Guide To Vulnerability Management: How To Save Time And Money By Using Managed Services To Find And Fix Critical Security Exposures
White Papers "Vulnerability Management and Remediation" sounds like a mouthful. It can also be difficult to swallow - if senior executives and security staff do not work together to develop a plan to find, prioritize and fix network security exposures in a...
[December 6, 2005, 23:00]
Vulnerability Auctions Compromising Security
Talkback Tip of the iceberg really. If I remember correctly it wasn't the tip of the iceberg that sunk the Titanic. Actually, it wasn't the impact with the iceberg that let to the Titanic disaster but rather a couple of system wide design flaws.
[July 19, 2006, 23:07]
Cyber Security - Growing Risk From Growing Vulnerability
White Papers Additional government support for research, development, and education in computer and network security would have a positive effect on the overall security of the Internet. Interconnections across and among cyber and physical systems are increasing.
[December 1, 2004, 23:00]
Homeland Security: Risk Assessment - Conducting A Vulnerability Assessment
White Papers In 2000, the University of Washington (UW) was invited by FEMA to participate in the Disaster Resistant University Project (DRU), along with the University of California, Berkeley, Tulane University, Miami University, University of North Carolina...
[January 27, 2005, 23:00]
PwC Integrates AppScan Into Threat And Vulnerability Practice Enabling Rapid Application Security
White Papers PwC had growing demand from its clients to expand their risk assessment practice into web application vulnerability assessments and wanted an automated solution that would enable them to deliver its service efficiently.
[April 19, 2006, 0:00]
Cisco Security Advisory: Denial Of Service Vulnerability In Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) Software
White Papers The Cisco Wide Area Application Services (WAAS) software contains a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability that may cause some devices that run WAAS software (WAE appliance and NM-WAE 502 module) to stop processing all types of traffic, including...
[April 3, 2008, 0:00]
Automated Vulnerability Remediation: The Cure For Security’s Common Cold
White Papers This Executive White Paper provides insight into the evolution of this new class of solutions, automated vulnerability remediation, an overview of the types of solutions available, examples of suppliers, and criteria that IT buyers can use when...
[December 16, 2003, 23:00]
Vulnerability Assessment And The Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
White Papers This Support WebCast will discuss the importance of MBSA, how it integrates with SUS and SMS, and will provide a look at the features in MBSA 1.2.
[June 23, 2004, 0:00]
Vulnerability Anti.dote - The End To Enterprises' Security Patch Management Headaches
White Papers Every malware attack, by definition, exploits a vulnerability. Finjan's Vulnerability Anti.dote identifies specific vulnerabilities and their variants, and using advanced behavior analysis proactively blocks any active content trying to exploit...
[May 4, 2005, 0:00]
Geographic Surveillance And Hotspot Detection For Homeland Security: Drinking Water Quality And Water Utility Vulnerability
White Papers New York City has installed 892 drinking water sampling stations. About 47,000 water samples are analyzed annually. The ULS scan statistic will provide a real-time surveillance system for evaluating water quality across the distribution system.
[February 17, 2005, 23:00]
Cisco Security Notice: Dictionary Attack On Cisco LEAP Vulnerability
White Papers Cisco LEAP is a mutual authentication algorithm that supports dynamic derivation of session keys. With Cisco LEAP, mutual authentication relies on a shared secret, the user's logon password, which is known by the client and the network, and is used...
[August 25, 2004, 0:00]
Attack Code Published For 'critical' Photoshop Flaw
News Although a security researcher has published code to demonstrate how to exploit the vulnerability, Secunia has yet to detect any malicious use of the code, said Thomas Kristensen, Secunia's chief technology officer.
[April 27, 2007, 12:14]
Vista Gets WMF Patch
News A security update for preview releases of Windows Vista fixes the same image-rendering vulnerability found in earlier versions of the operating system. The flaw in the way WMF images are handled is not a typical security vulnerability that can be...
[January 18, 2006, 9:40]
Microsoft Denies Spoofing Is A Security Flaw
News Microsoft has denied that a spoofing technique available on its Internet Explorer browser is a security vulnerability. Our investigation has indicated that this is not a security vulnerability. The software giant accepted the possibility that...
[November 2, 2004, 13:44]
XP Flaw Allows For DoS Attacks
News A newly discovered and as-of-yet unpatched security vulnerability in Windows XP could let an attacker remotely crash computers. Security researchers at iDefense are also looking into the vulnerability.
[July 18, 2005, 9:15]
Dangerous Flaw In Lib CGI
News Symantec reported that its security team hadn't been notified of any official vendor patches to address the Lib CGI vulnerability. A serious vulnerability has been found in the CGI C libraryLibCGI(libcgi.h), which is used widely by Unix and Linux...
[December 17, 2002, 11:14]
