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2020 to reach vulnerability disclosure levels similar to those in 2019

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The number of vulnerability disclosures is back on track to reach or bypass 2019 as we head into 2021, according to Risk Based Security. The team aggregated 17,129 vulnerabilities disclosed during the first three quarters of 2020, marking a 4.6% gap when compared to last year. However, earlier in 2020 that gap was instead a…

Vulnerabilities

Despite lower number of vulnerability disclosures, security teams have their work cut out for them

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The number of vulnerabilities disclosed in Q1 2020 has decreased by 19.8% compared to Q1 2019, making this likely the only true dip observed within the last 10 years, Risk Based Security reveals. Vulnerabilities disclosed in Q1 2020: What happened? Many factors have been identified as potential contributors to this decline, including the COVID-19 pandemic,…

Network Security

Total number of publicly reported breaches in Q1 2020 down 42% compared to last year

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The total number of publicly reported breaches in Q1 2020 has decreased by 42% compared to the same period last year, Risk Based Security reveals. Publicly reported breaches in Q1 2020 drop dramatically compared to 2019 Despite this, the number of records exposed for this quarter skyrocketed to 8.4 billion – a 273% increase compared…

Vulnerabilities

A third of all vulnerabilities in 2019 had a CVSS v2 score of 7.0 and above

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Risk Based Security’s VulnDB team aggregated 22,316 newly-disclosed vulnerabilities during 2019, finding that 37.26% had available exploit code or a Proof of Concept and that 33.43% of all vulnerabilities in 2019 had a CVSS v2 score of 7.0 and above. 2019 Year End Vulnerability QuickView Report Risk Based Security also identified a total of 302…

Network Security

In 2019, a total of 7,098 reported breaches exposed 15.1 billion records

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In 2019 the total number of records exposed increased by 284% compared to 2018, according to Risk Based Security. 2019 saw an increase in reported breaches In total, there were over 15.1 billion records exposed shattering industry projections. There were 7,098 breaches reported in 2019, a 1% increase on 2018, though the gap is anticipated…

Network Security

5,183 breaches from the first nine months of 2019 exposed 7.9 billion records

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According to Risk Based Security’s Q3 2019 Data Breach QuickView Report, the total number of breaches was up 33.3% compared to Q3 2018, with 5,183 breaches reported in the first nine months of 2019. Breach activity in 2019 Breach activity in 2019 is living up to being “the worst year on record”. Although the total…

Vulnerabilities

Critical vulnerabilities uncovered in Danfoss SCADA product, patch now!

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Risk Based Security uncovered multiple vulnerabilities in the AK-EM 800 product from SCADA vendor Danfoss. The discovered vulnerabilities Researchers found two critical vulnerabilities. One is effectively a backdoor into highly privileged functionality to manage the software. Although this backdoor was likely created to help the vendor’s support team log into systems to assist their clients,…

Malware & Threats

2018 saw 6,515 reported breaches, exposing 5 billion sensitive records

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There were 6,515 publicly disclosed data compromise events through December 31, 2018, exposing over 5 billion sensitive records, according to Risk Based Security’s Year End 2018 Data Breach QuickView Report. While the year ended below 2017’s high mark of 6,728 reported breaches, a slow trickle of new breach information continues and may end up placing…

Vulnerabilities

66.1% of vulnerabilities published through Q3 2018 have a documented solution

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There have been 16,172 vulnerabilities disclosed through October 29th, which is a 7% decrease from the high record reported last year at this time. The 16,172 vulnerabilities cataloged through Q3 2018 by Risk Based Security’s research team eclipsed the total covered by the CVE and National Vulnerability Database (NVD) by over 4,800. It’s also worth…