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Most companies have high-risk vulnerabilities on their network perimeter
2020-10-29 03:30

The results show the presence of high-risk vulnerabilities at most companies.

The research shows high-risk vulnerabilities at 84% of companies across finance, manufacturing, IT, retail, government, telecoms and advertising.

As part of the automated security assessment of the network perimeter, 47% of detected vulnerabilities can be fixed by installing the latest software versions.

"Our automated security assessment proved that all companies have network services available for connection on their network perimeter, allowing hackers to exploit software vulnerabilities and bruteforce credentials to these services."

"With maximum privileges, attackers can edit and delete any information on the host, which creates a risk of DoS attacks. On web servers, these vulnerabilities may also lead to defacement, unauthorized database access, and attacks on clients. In addition, attackers can pivot to target other hosts on the network."


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