Security News > 2020 > September > Report: 97% of Cybersecurity Companies Have Leaked Data on the Dark Web

In a new report into the global cybersecurity industry's exposure on the Dark Web this year, global application security company, ImmuniWeb, uncovered that 97% of leading cybersecurity companies have data leaks or other security incidents exposed on the Dark Web, while on average, there are over 4,000 stolen credentials and other sensitive data exposed per cybersecurity company.

Key findings that the research found relating to the leading global cybersecurity companies' exposure on the Dark Web included:97% of companies have data leaks and other security incidents exposed on the Dark Web.

29% of stolen passwords are weak, employees from 162 companies reuse their passwords - the research revealed that 29% of stolen passwords are weak, with less than eight characters or without uppercase letters, numbers, or other special characters and that employees from 162 companies reuse identical passwords on different breached This boosts the risk of password re-use attacks by cybercriminals.

63% of websites of the cybersecurity companies do not comply with PCI DSS requirements - which means that they use vulnerable or outdated software or have no Web Application Firewall in blocking mode.

Of the 398 cybersecurity companies tested, only those in Switzerland, Portugal, and Italy did not suffer any high or critical risk incidents, while those in Belgium, Portugal, and France had the lowest number of verified incidents.

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