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Predicting the future: Will this vulnerability be exploited in the wild?

10.Mar.2020

Simon Roe, Product Manager Outpost24

Remember If only 10% of all vulnerabilities have exploits released, and of those, not all go onto being exploited in the wild, risk based vulnerability prioritization provides a risk indicator of those vulnerabilities that are likely to be exploited in the future. The value it brings to security teams is huge – they will not only save time and effort in patching vulnerabilities that aren’t real, they will also reduce the time to patch for truly high risk vulnerabilities and prevent their business from potential attacks.

Winter 2020 Product Release

06.Mar.2020

We’ve delivered some major new product features in our winter release to help you manage vulnerabilities more effectively and maintain security hygiene across the full technology stack. At a glance we have five new features to highlight to customers:

Risk Based Vulnerability Management – starting with the why

02.Mar.2020

Simon Roe, Product Manager Outpost24

In 2019 we saw a total of 12,174 new vulnerabilities being released. To put that into perspective, this equates to just over 33 new vulnerabilities being released EVERY SINGLE DAY of 2019. And this number was down on the year before (2018 – 16,556). This demonstrates the sheer volume of vulnerabilities security professionals have to deal with everyday which poses a significant challenge to say the least! How can machine learning be used to help us focus on the biggest risks?

When we dive deeper into those numbers, - 1,118 vulnerabilities had a CVSS score of greater than 8, and over half (7,197) had CVSS scores of greater than 5.

What Is A Botnet & How Does It Work?

26.Feb.2020

Pwnie Express, an Outpost24 company

In this article, we’ll discuss what these armies are capable of and how they are usually used. We’ll also explain how botnets and cybercriminals can carry out DDoS attacks, the most “famous” botnet attacks and how to decrease the potential of botnet attacks. But first, it’s important to understand the basic reasons why botnets are concerning.

WPS Cracking with Reaver

21.Feb.2020

Pwnie Express, an Outpost24 company

Most networks will now be running the much more robust WiFi Protected Access (WPA), with WEP running mainly on the older systems that haven’t been updated or maintainedBut while it’s not as trivial as breaking into a WEP network, WPA is not completely infallible. Here we will take a look at one of the methods used to crack into a WPA network, and some of the pitfalls you may encounter.

5 Steps to Protect Yourself from Internet of Things DDoS Attacks

21.Feb.2020

Pwnie Express, an Outpost24 company

An October surprise – a massive DDoS attack taking down some of the world’s most popular websites - has shown just how open “backdoors” into printers, webcams, and office phones can bring the internet to a crawl. Hackers now have both the path (through devices connected to “the internet of things”) and arsenal (malware known as “Mirai”) needed to beat domain name service providers into submission.

Top vulnerability trends and how to fix them

20.Feb.2020

Srinivasan Jayaraman, Vulnerability Research Manager at Outpost24,

Over a 12-month period from Nov 2018 to 2019, we’ve analyzed vulnerability data collected from over 2 million assets, across 10 markets and 9 sectors to discover the top vulnerability trends. Within that we reported over 150 million findings from the 375,379 unique scanned assets, the message is clear – every business and industry across the globe are affected by security vulnerabilities.

Wireless Attacks You Could Prevent

16.Feb.2020

Pwnie Express, an Outpost24 company

You know by now that even the most exacting standards for WIPS/WIDS deployment can't prevent a wireless attack. But with the right tools, you can detect them, and as we're all aware, detection is the first step to recovery.

Cloud security controls: Where are we now and best practice for future gains

05.Feb.2020

Sergio Loureiro, Cloud Security Director

In 2020 the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) is celebrating its 11th anniversary, however, is the security community any closer to getting to grips with Cloud Security, and the controls required to stay ahead of cybercriminals?