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A vulnerability is a flaw or weakness in a system that, if exploited, would allow a user to gain unauthorized access to conduct an attack. One of the most common types of vulnerabilities is bugs, or vulnerabilities that exist within software such as operating systems or applications. When one of these bugs is discovered after…

A vulnerability assessment is a comprehensive review of your information system, designed to identify weaknesses causing risk for your organization. Vulnerability assessments are essential in order to proactively prevent attacks and stay in compliance with regulatory requirements. The end result of a vulnerability assessment is a report that you can use as a roadmap for…

Context On June 7, 2022, researchers at Zimperium reported technical details of an adware campaign targeting Russian gaming, social media, and ecommerce site users. The campaign uses more than 350 variations of malicious browser extensions using the Google Translate extension ID to trick victims into downloading the malicious files. Researchers named the extension group “ABCsoup.”…

According to F5’s The State of the State of Application Exploits in Security Incidents report, web application attacks were the leading incident pattern among data breaches for six of the last eight years. Meanwhile, the number of new vulnerabilities discovered each year continues to rise, making it difficult for security teams to effectively keep up,…

In 2021, there were more than 20,000 common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVEs) added to the MITRE database. This number of annually reported vulnerabilities has been gradually climbing since the database’s creation in 1999, with a significant increase in volume over the last five years. As a result, it’s now become impossible for security teams to…