February 2009 Archives

Qualys adds Dubai to it's global offices to better service the Middle East region. Philippe Courtot, chairman and CEO of Qualys, said the opening of the Dubai office was an important step forward for the company's operations in the Middle East.

Philippe further stated: "The Middle East is a key location for many of our multi-national customers and partners and we are seeing significant investments in security infrastructure across the region to support further growth. We are very excited about our presence here as it marks an important step forward for our operations in the Middle East. The Middle East is a key location for many of our multi-national customers and partners and we are seeing significant investments in security infrastructure across the region to support further growth. Given the tremendous potential that the region has, we are confident that our local presence will strengthen our relationships with customers while delivering best-of-breed security and compliance management solutions."

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The Tech Herald speaks with Qualys CTO, Wolfgang Kandek about Microsoft security updates and the importance of these patches specifically to Internet Explorer (IE7).

"Every month when Microsoft issues its security advisories we get asked what patch to apply first? Typically we are reluctant to elevate one vulnerability over the other, however looking at the 2008 data we agree that Internet Explorer vulnerabilities should be given the highest priority and patched first," said Qualys CTO, Wolfgang Kandek.

"The browser is the heaviest used software application that interacts with the Internet, the most likely source of malicious content. It is not only used for professional purposes but also in private interactions, e-commerce, social networking, private e-mail, etc. Browser patches are heavily tested by Microsoft and unlikely to break any existing functionality on the desktop."

Sometimes these updates are for Windows, sometimes they are for Internet Explorer or Office, sometimes they are for all three, and then some. Yet, after each Microsoft release, new attacks on vulnerabilities addressed in the monthly updates appear online. This month, the attacks are aimed at Internet Explorer, which after all this time, many people fail to update consistently.

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Qualys has been shortlisted as a finalist in three categories within this year's SC Magazine Awards Europe, including:

        - Security Vendor of the Year
        - Best Vulnerability Assessment
        - Best SME Security Solution

The SC Awards are judged by the SC Awards Council, an international group of senior CSOs. Winners will be announced at the SC European Awards Gala Dinner on 28 April at the Hurlingham Club in London.

Qualys® Vulnerability R&D Lab has a released new vulnerability check in QualysGuard® to protect organizations against 4 new vulnerabilities present in Microsoft Windows. Customers can immediately audit their networks for this and other new vulnerabilities by accessing their QualysGuard subscription.

Microsoft released on February 10, 4 security patches to fix newly discovered flaws in Microsoft Windows. The Qualys Vulnerability R&D Lab has released the following checks for these new vulnerabilities:

        - Microsoft Internet Explorer Cumulative Security Update
        - Microsoft Outlook Web Access for Exchange Server Elevation of Privilege
        - Microsoft SQL Server Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
        - Microsoft Office Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution

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