One surprising finding from Nemertes’ recent security research is that, the more critical a server, the longer it takes to get patched. Not only are most critical servers patched manually (slower but ...

Cisco patched a flaw in its SD-WAN network controller that allowed an attacker to log in with no password at all, earning the ...

One of the new security segments gaining market traction in the last few months has been in the area of patch management. While maintaining patches for software has always been a part of software ...

Cato Networks, a specialist in wide-area network (WAN) and secure access service edge (SASE) solutions, is turning its attention to local area networks (LANs) with “the first complete convergence” of ...

The pandemic this year forced admins to scramble to keep their Windows systems up and running (and properly patched) at a distance. So it's important to understand what options are available and which ...

Network administrators have been urged to immediately patch a critical vulnerability in Cisco's IOS and IOS XE software that could allow attackers to compromise network devices or crash them entirely.

Welcome back to the grindstone. I hope your Thanksgiving weekend was enjoyable, restful, safe and chock full of turkey goodness. If, in the pre-holiday rush, you missed Network World’s recent online ...

The race to plug network holes before attackers use them is running system managers ragged--so they're throwing up more barriers to stop intruders. In recent years, the common wisdom has been that ...

According to a recent estimate from Verizon, 90 percent of successful exploits these days involve vulnerabilities for which a patch has been available for six months or longer. “For the overwhelming ...

Two families of critical vulnerabilities that impact operational technology (OT), embedded devices, and network hardware continue to undermine the security of the vast majority of originally affected ...