Impact Of Unpatched Vulnerabilities In 2025
Security Boulevard, Tuesday, December 24th, 2024
Vulnerability-based attacks are growing. Undoubtedly, these attacks are hackers' favorite ways to gain initial access. Such attacks rose by 124% in the third quarter of 2024 compared to 2023.
Furthermore, the quick shot of hackers taking advantage of the security flaw (CVE-2024-5806) in Progress MOVEit Transfer amplifies the dreadfulness of unpatched vulnerabilities. Once the vulnerability was made public, it took them just hours to exploit them. Despite advanced cybersecurity, vulnerabilities that are not patched remain a major threat. As organizations adopt Artificial Intelligence, the Internet of Things, and remote work, managing and securing the expanding organizational platforms becomes harder.