Vulnerabilities
EPSS Score Mechanics: How Probability Drives Patch Prioritisation
The Exploit Prediction Scoring System predicts the likelihood of real-world exploitation, allowing teams to ignore high-CVE scores that rarely face active attacks.
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Everything Packet Tribune has reported about vulnerability management: 7 stories, newest first. Part of our Vulnerabilities coverage.
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Cross-Site Request Forgery Prevention Checklist for Secure Web Apps
Modern frameworks often ignore CSRF because they assume anti-forgery tokens are automatic, leaving state-changing endpoints vulnerable to silent exploitation.
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CVE Numbering Authorities Explained: How Vulnerability IDs Are Assigned
The global system relies on local coordinators who assign IDs based on product scope, not severity, creating a fragmented but scalable identification network.
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Emergency Patching: How to Fix Critical Flaws Without Breaking Production
Emergency patching bypasses standard change controls to neutralise active threats, trading procedural safety for immediate risk reduction.
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Risk-Based Vulnerability Management: Prioritise Exploitability Over CVSS Scores
Treating all vulnerabilities equally wastes resources; ranking by exploitability and asset value reveals which flaws actually endanger your organisation.
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Mitigations vs Workarounds: Why Your Security Strategy Is Failing
Most teams treat temporary workarounds as permanent fixes, creating hidden technical debt that outlives the original vulnerability and increases long-term risk.
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OSS Scanner auto-generates vulnerability reports for critical open-source software using AI
The company’s new opt-in service uses advanced models to generate security reports for critical software, marking a shift in automated vulnerability detection.