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April 2023 Patch Tuesday forecast: The vulnerability discovery race
The answer to the question “Why does software continue to have so many vulnerabilities?” is complex, because the software itself is so complex. There’ve been many articles …

Millions still exposed despite available fixes
Although KEV catalog vulnerabilities are frequent targets of APT Groups, a large and exploitable attack surface remains due to software vendors’ lack of awareness and …

Virtual patching: Cut time to patch from 250 days to <1 day
Unpatched vulnerabilities are responsible for 60% of all data breaches. The Department of Homeland Security has estimated that the proportion of breaches stemming from …

The future of vulnerability management and patch compliance
IT departments continue to face immense pressure to get vulnerability and patch management right as threat actors use new and old methods to exploit network endpoints. But are …

The most common exploit paths enterprises leave open for attackers
Exposed version control repositories, leaked secrets in public code repositories, a subdomain vulnerable to takover, exposed Amazon S3 buckets, and Microsoft Exchange Server …

Microsoft fixes actively exploited zero-day reported by the NSA (CVE-2022-24521)
On this April 2022 Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has released patches for 128 CVE-numbered vulnerabilities, including one zero-day exploited in the wild (CVE-2022-24521) and …

Windows Autopatch: Managed enterprise patching for Windows and Office
While IT administrators are mentally preparing themselves for yet another Patch Tuesday, Microsoft has announced Windows Autopatch: a new service that aims make the second …

Log4Shell exploitation: Which applications may be targeted next?
Spring4Shell (CVE-2022-22965) has dominated the information security news these last six days, but Log4Shell (CVE-2021-44228) continues to demand attention and action from …

Organizations taking nearly two months to remediate critical risk vulnerabilities
Edgescan announces the findings of a report which offers a comprehensive view of the state of vulnerability management globally. This year’s report takes a more granular …

The most common cyber gaps threatening supply chain security
Panorays has identified the top five most common cyber gaps among third-party organizations over 2021. Analyzing data gathered from cyber posture evaluations of tens of …

Exposed records exceeded 40 billion in 2021
According to a research by Tenable, at least 40,417,167,937 records were exposed worldwide in 2021, calculated by the analysis of 1,825 breach data incidents publicly …

Patching takes 2.5 times longer when endpoints are remote
Action1 released a report based on the feedback from 491 IT professionals worldwide. The study explores how organizations patch and manage their remote and office-based …
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