For several years in a row, the Californian manufacturer Fortinet has been in the public focus due to serious security problems. Known for its secure firewall, VPN and intrusion detection devices, the cyber security expert was again forced to announce several highly critical security vulnerabilities in February 2024. Staying informed and applying patches promptly is […]
A series of flaws in Ivanti’s Connect Secure VPN is being actively exploited by attackers. Both the German BSI and the US government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have spread a warning. CISA has even issued an Emergency Directive ordering all Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies to apply patches immediately. Thousands of publicly […]
Two security vulnerabilities in Sharepoint – both from last year – are currently causing trouble for Sharepoint administrators. Because attackers are increasingly exploiting a combination of the two vulnerabilities, the Cybersecurity Infrastructure Security Agency CISA is now also issuing a warning. Affected customers of the Greenbone Enterprise Feed have been warned since June 2023. Remote […]
Our developers have provided vulnerability tests for two critical vulnerabilities in widely used enterprise software. Within a very short time, tests for CVE 2023-22518 und CVE 2023-46747 were integrated, and customers of Greenbone’s Enterprise Feed were protected. Knowledge management tools Confluence and Jira from Australian vendor Atlassian have been hit by a serious security vulnerability, […]
Every year, IT and cyber security experts from public authorities, federal, state and local governments as well as the armed forces, police and intelligence services meet for the cyber security congress “Public IT Security” (PITS), initiated by Behoerdenspiegel. In 2023, the topic of vulnerabilities was once again at the top of the agenda. This year, […]
The long-standing cooperation between Greenbone AG and the University of Osnabrück has once again resulted in a successful master’s thesis. Under the title “Development of an Automated Network Perimeter Threat Prevention System (DETERRERS)”, Nikolas Wintering wrote his master’s thesis in the Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science working group of the Department of Mathematics/Computer Science at […]
Starting in 2024, the EU plans to spend one billion euros on the “Cybersolidarity Act”, and North Rhine-Westphalia is funding institutions that invest in IT security and hazard prevention with more than 70 million euros: Anyone who has not yet put the topic of vulnerability management on their agenda should do so as soon as […]
Reduce the risk of an attack from the internet on your servers: Take advantage of Greenbone’s latest offer: With our Pentesting Web Applications, we help you to get the best possible security for your web applications. The numbers speak for themselves: attacks on web applications are on the rise, have been for years, and there […]
Even more than two years after the first problems with Log4j became known, many scenarios are apparently still running unpatched versions of the logging library. Greenbone’s products help – especially in detecting outdated software. No one should take Log4j lightly as a done deal just because the vulnerability (CVE 2021-44228) has actually been fixed for […]
At its latest patchday, software manufacturer Microsoft patched a severe zero-day vulnerability that had been exploited by intelligence agencies and Russian hacker groups, among others, in the summer of 2022. Early on, Greenbone was able to provide a test in the process, helping companies find unpatched systems and secure data centers and clients. The CVE-2023-23397 […]
