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“Security crises are like earthquakes” – Greenbone CEO Jan-Oliver Wagner at the PITS Congress 2024

“Support for early crisis detection” was the topic of a high-profile panel on the second day of this year’s PITS Congress. On stage: Greenbone CEO Jan-Oliver Wagner together with other experts from the Federal Criminal Police Office, the German Armed Forces, the Association of Municipal IT Service Providers VITAKO and the Federal Office for Information […]

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Proactive Cybersecurity Reduces the Cost of a Breach

From a bird’s eye view, the cumulative cost of cyber-crime is estimated to reach 9.2 Trillion USD globally in 2024. According to the 2023 IBM X-Force Cost of a Data Breach Report, a single breach imposes an average of 4.45M USD of financial damage on a victim and while US firms incur more than double […]

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Protection of Office Suites: Greenbone Integrates Additional BSI Basic and CIS Guidelines

The IT-Grundschutz-Compendium of the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) has, in recent years, provided clear guidelines for users of Microsoft Office. Since April 2024, Greenbone’s enterprise products have integrated tests to verify whether a company is implementing these instructions. The BSI guidelines are aligned with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) guidelines. In the […]

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Springtime for Vulnerabilities

March 2024 was another eventful month for vulnerabilities and cybersecurity in general. It was the second consecutive month of lapsed Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) enrichment putting defenders in a precarious position with reduced risk visibility. The Linux kernel continued its elevated pace of vulnerability disclosures and was commissioned as a new CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). […]

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Chinese hackers and Fortinet vulnerabilities: Warnings from US government

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 […]

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Microsoft Patches 73 Vulnerabilities Including Actively Exploited Critical Flaw in Exchange Server

In February 2024, Microsoft issued a security alert for a total of 73 security vulnerabilities. The batch included 6 critical severity vulnerabilities, 52 rated as high severity, and 15 as medium severity vulnerabilities. 30 of them are remote code execution vulnerabilities [T1210] and 16 are privilege escalation [TA0004] exploits. From that group, three stand out […]