Security is (and should be) a large concern for not only massive corporations, but home users. We trust our computing platforms are secure, safe, and absent of any malware and other potentially harmful software and services.
Consumers voices are not always heard, and companies like Microsoft and Adobe have the tendency to take our concerns for granted and have been proven time and time again to overlook proper development in an effort to continuously provide new software feature sets and releases as required by the evolving landscape of computing. This repetitive cycle yields flaws in software and security patching is necessary to recover the potential loss.
Home users and corporations want options which are not affiliated with major vendors. We have been asked time and time again to write code which will allow our 15 readers to quickly scan and report on vulnerabilities as they relate to the patches which are released on a monthly basis. We have veered away from this task simply because there are so many competing products (free/licensed) out there which perform this exact task and have been doing it for quite some time.
We have heard your concerns friends! And as a result, we decided it would be a good idea to provide our 15 readers with a tool that will quickly scan your environment\network for hosts that do not have the appropriate security updates or are in an “at risk mode”. This utility is built off our wildly popular multi-threaded vulnerability scanner utility and offers users an open source highly configurable approach to patch/vulnerability management and reporting. Continue reading “1security patch vulnerability scanner” »
