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Many corporations spent last weekend playing “Whack-a-Worm”, attempting to eradicate the “Here You Have” worm. The major problem with viruses and worms is that once you think you have removed them from your network, another outbreak pops up. Nessus plugin 49211, “Here You Have Email Worm Detection”, has been added to the plugin feed and is available for both ProfessionalFeed and HomeFeed users. This plugin examines a Microsoft Windows system to detect the presence of the “Here You Have” worm. Note that you will need credentials on the target system for this plugin to work.

Awful, awful, awful.....Magic!

It was my wife’s turn to choose a movie the other night, which means there were no kung fu fight scenes, sword fights or car chases. Instead, there was a scene that depicted a father-to-be talking to a father of three children. The father with three children was explaining to the father-to-be what parenthood was really like and stated: "Parenthood is awful... awful… awful... but then there is this magical moment that makes it all worth it… then awful... awful... awful and repeat". Parents reading this, especially ones with small children, are probably laughing. However, I thought that the "awful, awful, awful, magic!" analogy also very accurately described penetration testing.

Please join Tenable's own Ron Gula, Renaud Deraison, Marcus Ranum and Paul Asadoorian for a Security Showcase on October 6, from 8:30am to 2:00pm at the New York Marriott East Side, 525 Lexington Ave. at 49th Street in New York City. Breakfast and lunch will be provided during this half-day FREE event.

Topics we will cover include:

Welcome to the Tenable Network Security Podcast - Episode 48

Hosts: Paul Asadoorian, Product Evangelist & Kelly Todd, Compliance Analyst

Announcements

• Several new blog posts have been published this week, including:
  • Tenable Network Security on the Inc 5000 List
  • The Three Legged Stool Of Vulnerability Management
• New Nessus training is now being offered at BruCon 2010. It's a two-day course that will put students into a real-world environment where they will have to solve problems and identify vulnerabilities using the advanced features of the Nessus vulnerability scanner.


• Ron, Marcus, and Renaud present the San Francisco Security Showcase on September 15, 2010! This is a free event that will feature topics such as a Nessus overview and future plans, the advantages of pairing active and passive scanning, an overview and discussion of current security strategies and new industry trends, the past, present and future of regulatory compliance, and a Tenable Network Security product/solutions overview.


• Be certain to check out our video channel on YouTube that contains the latest Nessus tutorials.


• We're hiring! - Visit the web site for more information about open positions.


• You can subscribe to the Tenable Network Security Podcast on iTunes!


• Tenable Tweets - You can find us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/tenablesecurity where we make various announcements, provide Nessus plugin statistics and more!

Ron Gula

Ron and Paul discuss web application testing using Nessus!

As the CEO and co-founder of Tenable Network Security, I am very proud to announce our inclusion in the 2010 Inc 5000 list of fastest growing companies in the United States. We placed #1369 out of 5000 ranked companies. Tenable is very unique on this list as being one of the only security companies present that is neither public nor has raised external investment capital.