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The 10 Most Impactful Types of Vulnerabilities for Enterprises TodayManaging system vulnerabilities is one of the old est - and most frustrating - security challenges that enterprise defenders face. Every software application and hardware device ships with intrinsic flaws - flaws that, if critical enough, attackers can exploit from anywhere in the world. It's crucial that defenders take stock of what areas of the tech stack have the most emerging, and critical, vulnerabilities they must manage. It's not just zero day vulnerabilities. Consider that CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog lists vulnerabilitlies in widely used applications that are "actively exploited," and most of them are flaws that were discovered several years ago and have been fixed. There are also emerging vulnerabilities in 5G networks, cloud infrastructure, Edge applications, and firmwares to consider.
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7/25/2019 | 9:21:13 AM
Interesting, I don't agree with that, I think lack of knowledge, experience, strategy and inadequate education can leave a company susceptible to attack. The cloud is an extension of the organization. No matter how secure the cloud provider is, the individuals that are responsible for its functions will carry those same practices over to the cloud. Look at a few companies that have been hit by incompetence (Cloud S3 Issues):
Again, all you have to have is a person who leaves one door open. Think about creating a VM on any CSP, look at the /var/log/*.log files and run the following:
Be sure to look at the number of attempts of someone trying to access ssh, this is alarming, now you have the option of locking down ssh using iptables and cloud rules (NSG or ACL IP filtering):
Just a word to the wise.
Todd