Security News > 2022 > April > How fast do cybercriminals capitalize on new security weaknesses?

The report revealed how quickly cybercriminals capitalize on new security weaknesses - shrinking the window that organizations have to remediate vulnerabilities ahead of an attack.

With 20,175 new vulnerabilities published in 2021, Skybox Research Lab witnessed the most vulnerabilities ever reported in a single year.

As the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency highlights in its Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities list, threat actors are routinely exploiting publicly disclosed vulnerabilities from years past.

24% jump in new vulnerabilities exploited in the wild.

Cybercriminals target easy money, and their malware-as-a-service packages exploit the most widespread vulnerabilities.

To standardize on a common risk language, security teams need an objective framework for gauging the actual risk that any given vulnerability poses to their organization.

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