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VERT Threat Alert: May 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Image Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s May 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-1002 on Wednesday, May 11th. CVE-2022-26925 In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs Based on Microsoft’s limited documentation, this appears to be a resurgence and/or improved...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of May 2, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of May 2, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Microsoft Azure Vulnerability Exposes...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of April 25, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of April 25, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Homeland Security bug bounty...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of April 18, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of April 18, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. CISA Alert on ICS, SCADA Devices...
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The Four Stages to a Successful Vulnerability Management Program

Image Have you ever been around someone who is just better at something than you are? Like when you were in grade school and there was this person who was effortless at doing things correctly, like getting high grades? They had great study habits, they arrived on time, they were prepared and confident in the materials that they...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of April 11, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of April 11, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Microsoft's Autopatch feature...
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VERT Threat Alert: April 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Image Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s April 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-996 on Wednesday, April 13th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2022-24521 While not previously publicly disclosed, Microsoft is reporting that they have seen active...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of April 4, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of April 4, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Borat RAT, a new RAT that performs...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of March 28, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of March 28, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Muhstik Botnet Targeting Redis...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of March 21, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of March 21, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Misconfigured Firebase Databases...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of March 14, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of March 14, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Most Orgs Would Take Security Bugs...
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VERT Threat Alert: March 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Image Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s March 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-989 on Wednesday, March 9th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2022-21990 CVE-2022-21990 describes a code execution vulnerability within Remote Desktop Client. The...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of February 28, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of February 28, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. High-Severity Flaws Discovered...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of February 21, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of February 21, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. 18 High-Severity...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of February 14, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of February 14, 2022. I’ve also included some comments on these stories. Microsoft Using New Security...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of February 7, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of February 7, 2022. I've also included some comments on these stories. Mac Trojan Comes with Expanded...
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OT Vulnerability Management: A Risk-Based Approach

Image The number of missing security patches in an OT system is typically very large—measured in the thousands, at least. It would be difficult and expensive for an asset owner to evaluate each missing security patch / cyber asset pair. This may be one reason we see a patch everything approach, but this is also difficult and expensive...
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VERT Threat Alert: February 2022 Patch Tuesday Analysis

Image Today’s VERT Alert addresses Microsoft’s February 2022 Security Updates. VERT is actively working on coverage for these vulnerabilities and expects to ship ASPL-985 on Wednesday, February 9th. In-The-Wild & Disclosed CVEs CVE-2022-21989 This month, only a single vulnerability, CVE-2022-21989 has been publicly disclosed and...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of January 31, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of January 31, 2022. We’ve also included the comments from a few folks here at Tripwire VERT. Update...
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Extra, Extra, VERT Reads All About It: Cybersecurity News for the Week of January 24, 2022

Image All of us at Tripwire’s Vulnerability Exposure and Research Team (VERT) are constantly looking out for interesting stories and developments in the infosec world. Here’s what cybersecurity news stood out to us during the week of January 24, 2022. We’ve also included the comments from a few folks here at Tripwire VERT. SonicWall...