The SOC is blind to the attackable surface
A security operations center (SOC) is the central nervous system of any advanced cybersecurity program. Yet even the most well-funded, highly organized and properly equipped …
When it comes to vulnerability triage, ditch CVSS and prioritize exploitability
When it comes to software security, one of the biggest challenges facing developers today is information overload. Thanks in part to the widespread proliferation and use of …
Three ways MITRE ATT&CK can improve your organizational security
There’s a good reason everyone’s talking about MITRE ATT&CK: it’s an objective, third-party standard with which organizations can measure their own detection coverage, as …
Number of ICS vulnerabilities disclosed in 2020 up significantly
Throughout the second half (2H) of 2020, 71% of industrial control system (ICS) vulnerabilities disclosed were remotely exploitable through network attack vectors, according …
Most ICS vulnerabilities disclosed this year can be exploited remotely
More than 70% of ICS vulnerabilities disclosed in the first half of 2020 can be exploited remotely, highlighting the importance of protecting internet-facing ICS devices and …
Fixing all vulnerabilities is unrealistic, you need to zero in on what matters
As technology constantly advances, software development teams are bombarded with security alerts at an increasing rate. This has made it nearly impossible to remediate every …
You are focusing too much on vulnerabilities that pose little danger
Only half of the vulnerabilities in cloud containers ever posed a threat, according to a Rezilion study. The top 20 most popular container images on DockerHub were analyzed to …
Older vulnerabilities and those with lower severity scores still being exploited by ransomware
Almost 65% of top vulnerabilities used in enterprise ransomware attacks targeted high-value assets like servers, close to 55% had CVSS v2 scores lower than 8, nearly 35% were …
CVSS 3.1: Refined and updated for easier adoption by the security community
The Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) has published an update of its internationally recognized Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). CVSS is a …
Vulnerabilities’ CVSS scores soon to be assigned by AI
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is planning to use IBM’s Watson to evaluate how critical publicly reported computer vulnerabilities are and …
