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Older vulnerabilities and those with lower severity scores still being exploited by ransomware
2019-09-25 04:30

Almost 65% of top vulnerabilities used in enterprise ransomware attacks targeted high-value assets like servers, close to 55% had CVSS v2 scores lower than 8, nearly 35% were old (from 2015 or earlier), and the vulnerabilities used in WannaCry are still being used today, according to RiskSense. The data was gathered from a variety of sources including RiskSense proprietary data, publicly available threat databases, as well as findings from RiskSense threat researchers and penetration testers. … More → The post Older vulnerabilities and those with lower severity scores still being exploited by ransomware appeared first on Help Net Security.


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