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Qualys Adds Advanced Remediation Capabilities to Minimize Vulnerability Risk

Update to Qualys Cloud Platform enables organizations to fix asset misconfigurations in addition to patching to achieve comprehensive remediation.

Experts Urge Firms to Patch Trivial-to-Exploit Flaw in Linux PolicyKit

The memory corruption vulnerability in a policy component installed by default on most Linux distributions allows any user to become root. Researchers have already reproduced the exploit.

“PwnKit” security bug gets you root on most Linux distros – what to do

An elevation of privilege bug that could let a "mostly harmless" user give themselves a instant root shell

Polkit Vulnerability Provides Root Privileges on Linux Systems

Qualys security researchers warn of an easily exploitable privilege escalation vulnerability in polkit’s pkexec, a SUID-root program found in all Linux distributions.

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12-Year-Old Polkit Flaw Lets Unprivileged Linux Users Gain Root Access

A 12-year-old security vulnerability has been disclosed in a system utility called Polkit that grants attackers root privileges on Linux systems, even as a proof-of-concept (PoC) exploit has emerged in the wild merely hours after technical details of the bug became public. Dubbed "PwnKit" by cybersecurity firm Qualys, the weakness impacts a component in polkit called pkexec, a program that's

TruKno Launches Cyber Threat Intelligence for the 99%

TruKno provides easy-to-use, actionable, and real time cyber threat dashboards. It is the first platform built from the ground up to...

Elisity raises $26M Series A to scale its AI cybersecurity platform

Elisity, a self-styled innovator that provides behavior-based enterprise cybersecurity, has raised $26 million in Series A funding. The funding round was co-led by Two...

Zero trust networking startup Elisity raises $26M

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Fourth Annual Executive Women’s Forum Cybersecurity Women on Capitol…

For three years we have brought women executives in cybersecurity, risk and privacy to the Hill to meet in person,...

Develop a buyer’s guide to educate your startup’s sales team and customers

Yousuf Khan Contributor Yousuf Khan is a partner at Ridge Ventures. Prior to joining Ridge, he was...

NowSecure Announces New Board Member Kristi Rogers

Kristi Rogers new Board Member at NowSecure NowSecure has game-changing technology that brings a new and much needed level of security...

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