Andrew Freeborn

Vulnerabilities are present in all organizations, but each organization addresses risk in a different manner. Without having a clear and continuous view of existing vulnerabilities, organizations will struggle to identify and respond to threats in a timely manner. Information presented within this dashboard will provide organizations with the actionable intelligence needed to protect critical assets and improve overall security posture.

Oracle software is typically used in an organization to provide services with Java, ERP, or virtualization. Attackers know that many organizations with Oracle software may have outdated versions in use, which the attackers can use to their advantage. Analysts can use this report to identify vulnerable Oracle software to reduce the risk to the organization.

Modern applications such as web browsers, Java, and anti-virus clients commonly have associated mechanisms to keep the applications up to date. The applications that update other applications are still software that can have vulnerabilities. This report can assist analysts with identifying the updater applications on the network and the associated vulnerabilities.

Season 2, Episode 8 of Mr. Robot opens up with a mischievous social engineering hack by Trenton launching an exploit on Mobley’s Android device. Trenton uses the Stagefright Android exploit, by tricking Mobley into thinking the site is a benchmark test for his Android.

Most organizations have a method in place for identifying all of the vulnerabilities in operating systems, applications, and hardware in the environment. Typically, analysts have a fairly good awareness of most of the vulnerabilities in the environment. This report assists analysts by providing an executive report from all Tenable Nessus and Tenable NNM plugin families.