Zero Days Do Not Wait for CVEs
Learn why an attack surface map can provide invaluable and unique help in detecting zero day vulnerabilities....
The Right Way to do Attack Surface Mapping
The key to mapping out your attack surface accurately is to scan all of your organization's assets, develop an asset inventory list and find shadow IT. ...
Passive DNS Is the Wrong Way To Do Attack Surface Mapping
When identifying a corporate attack surface, passive DNS can be useful but it won’t be comprehensive by itself, so it should be part of a more holistic program....
Primary Group ID Attack in Active Directory: How to Defend Against Related Threats
The Primary Group ID in Active Directory, created to help manage access to sensitive resources, has become a critical vulnerability that attackers can exploit to escalate privileges without leaving a trace.The Primary Group ID in Active Directory was originally developed to support the UNIX POSIX mo...
How to Stop the Kerberos Pre-Authentication Attack in Active Directory
Here’s a look at how to safeguard your Active Directory from the known roasting attack on Kerberos Pre-Authentication.As part of the Kerberos authentication process in Active Directory, there is an initial request to authenticate without a password. This is an artifact left over from Kerberos versio...
Crawling Is the Wrong Way To Do Attack Surface Mapping
When analyzing methods to identify assets, crawling should be one tool in the toolbox, but not the only one. If you use crawling exclusively, you’ll likely miss a lot of assets....
What Is VPR and How Is It Different from CVSS?
This blog series will provide an in-depth discussion of vulnerability priority rating (VPR) from a number of different perspectives. Part one will focus on the distinguishing characteristics of VPR that make it a more suitable tool for prioritizing remediation efforts than the Common Vulnerability S...
Am I Smart or Just Lucky? Understanding Your Process Integrity Risk with Tenable Lumin
Business system risk and process integrity risk are two essential metrics for a mature risk-based vulnerability management practice. With new assessment maturity scoring, Tenable Lumin now gives you insights into both. Risk-based vulnerability management requires metrics addressing two types of r...
Nessus Home Is Now Nessus Essentials
We’ve given Nessus Home a refresh, and we’re excited to share with you the new and updated free vulnerability assessment solution, Nessus Essentials. As part of the Nessus family, Nessus Essentials is a free vulnerability assessment solution for up to 16 IPs that provides an entry point into th...
Here Are the Answers to 16 Predictive Prioritization Questions
Earlier this year, Tenable introduced Predictive Prioritization, a groundbreaking, data science-based process that re-prioritizes each vulnerability based on the likelihood it will be leveraged in an attack. Here, we answer your 16 most pressing questions about what this capability me...
Getting Started with Nessus on Kali Linux
Kali Linux, a Linux distribution designed specifically for penetration testing, comes prepackaged with many pen test tools. Nessus® provides a penetration tester with a wealth of capabilities that will assist in the engagement, such as:Identifying local and remote vulnerabilitiesConfiguration and co...
Outstanding Patch Tracking Dashboard
Editor's note: Our dashboards have been updated in the time since this blog was originally published. Please see this page for the latest guidance on Outstanding Remediation Tracking. The IT Operations teams in most organizations run in monthly cycles from “Patch Tuesday” to “Patch Tuesday.” The ...
