FVM will include the Microsoft Patch Tuesday checks in the NIRV 4.56.0 and FVM Agent 2.17. CVE/Advisory Title Tag Microsoft Severity Rating Base Score Microsoft Impact Exploited Publicly Disclosed CVE-2024-43594 System Center Operations Manager Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability System Center Operations Manager Important 7.3 Elevation of Privilege No No CVE-2024-49057 Microsoft Defender for Endpoint on […]
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Frequent Security Misconfigurations and How to Mitigate Them
In today’s hybrid environments, a critical security incident can start with a simple misconfiguration. Unfortunately, oversights are an inevitability of balancing daily operations with security needs. But these misconfigurations don’t have to become attack vectors. Organizations can take a proactive approach by implementing solutions like vulnerability management, penetration testing, and red teaming. Featuring TLDRs and Takeaways […]
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Patch Tuesday Update – November 2024
Fortra VM will include the Microsoft Patch Tuesday checks in the NIRV 4.54.0 and FVM Agent 2.15 releases. CVE/Advisory Title Tag Microsoft Severity Rating Base Score Microsoft Impact Exploited Publicly Disclosed CVE-2024-43530 Windows Update Stack Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Windows Update Stack Important 7.8 Elevation of Privilege No No CVE-2024-43602 Azure CycleCloud Remote Code Execution […]
How to Proactively Harden Your Environment Against Compromised Credentials
How many user accounts do you have? Emails, social media, online shopping, streaming services—and that doesn’t even begin to account for professional logins. By the time you add them all up, it’s likely one hundred or more unique accounts. According to NordPass, the average user maintains an average of 168 logins for personal purposes, and no […]
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Patch Tuesday Update – October 2024
Fortra VM will include the Microsoft Patch Tuesday checks in the NIRV 4.52.0 and FVM Agent 2.13 releases. CVE/Advisory Title Tag Microsoft Severity Rating Base Score Microsoft Impact Exploited Publicly Disclosed CVE-2024-38097 Azure Monitor Agent Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability Azure Monitor Important 7.1 Elevation of Privilege No No CVE-2024-43516 Windows Secure Kernel Mode Elevation of […]
Patch Tuesday Update – September 2024
Fortra VM will include the Microsoft Patch Tuesday checks in the NIRV 4.50.0 and FVM Agent 2.11 releases. CVE/Advisory Title Tag Microsoft Severity Rating Base Score Microsoft Impact Exploited Publicly Disclosed CVE-2024-37338 Microsoft SQL Server Native Scoring Remote Code Execution Vulnerability SQL Server Important 8.8 Remote Code Execution No No CVE-2024-37966 Microsoft SQL Server Native […]
Patch Tuesday Update – August 2024
Fortra VM will include the Microsoft Patch Tuesday checks in the NIRV 4.48.0 and FVM Agent 2.10 releases. CVE/Advisory Title Tag Microsoft Severity Rating Base Score Microsoft Impact Exploited Publicly Disclosed CVE-2022-2601 Redhat: CVE-2022-2601 grub2 – Buffer overflow in grub_font_construct_glyph() can lead to out-of-bound write and possible secure boot bypass Windows Secure Boot Important 8.6 […]
Managing the Rising Tide of CVEs
If you are watching recent security stats, you’ll likely spot an alarming trend. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) are on the rise and expected to increase by 25% in 2024, reaching 2,900 CVEs per month¹. It’s not a huge surprise that the number of known vulnerabilities is growing, given the proliferation of systems and software. Unfortunately, […]
3 Components of a Proactive Security Strategy
Your organization might have many cybersecurity defenses in place, but defenses alone are not enough to protect you from today’s multi-faceted cyberattacks. Proactively adding a layer of offensive security assessment and testing helps you pinpoint your system weaknesses before they are exploited. Proactive security measures help you stay ahead of attackers by: Proactive security also […]
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Patch Tuesday Update – July 2024
Fortra VM will include the Microsoft Patch Tuesday checks in the NIRV 4.46.0 and FVM Agent 2.9 releases. Microsoft addressed 142 vulnerabilities in this release, including 5 rated as critical, and 59 remote code execution vulnerabilities. This release represents a huge increase in the number of CVEs, as opposed to last month’s count. Notable Vulnerabilities […]