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April 2025 Threat Report: The Consequences Are Real

In the early days of digital, hacking was often fame or prank driven. Fast forward to 2025; hacking has been widely monetized for illicit gains. Cybercrime is predicted to cost the global economy 10.5 trillion Dollar in 2025. Globally, the trend of increasing geocriminality is pushing individual countries and entire economic regions [1][2] to make […]

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March 2025 Threat Report: Who Do You Trust?

When it comes to protecting your organization from digital threats, who should you trust? Reality dictates that high-resilience IT security is forged from a network of strong partnerships, defense in depth; layered security controls, and regular auditing. Defensive posture needs to be monitored, measured and continuously improved. While vulnerability management has always been a core […]

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February 2025 Threat Report: Tectonic Technology

Cyber threats are evolving at breakneck speed, but the fundamental weaknesses attackers exploit remain strikingly unchanged. So far in 2025, many analysts have published landscape reviews of 2024 and outlooks for 2025. The cost of cyber breaches is ticking upwards, but overall, cyber breach root-causes have not changed. Phishing [T1566] and exploiting known software vulnerabilities […]

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January 2025 Threat Report: Fortune Favors the Prepared

This year, many large organizations around the world will be forced to reckon with the root-cause of cyber intrusions. Many known vulnerabilities are an open gateway to restricted network resources. Our first Threat Report of 2025 reviews some disastrous breaches from 2024 and then dives into some pressing cybersecurity vulnerabilities from this past month. However, […]

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December 2024 Threat Report: Sunsetting a Record Year for IT Risk

In 2024, geopolitical instability, marked by conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East, emphasized the need for stronger cybersecurity in both the public and private sector. China targeted U.S. defense, utilities, internet providers and transportation, while Russia launched coordinated cyberattacks on U.S. and European nations, seeking to influence public opinion and create discord among Western […]

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November 2024 Threat Report: Vulnerability Management is Becoming Crucial

The world may be entering into a new phase of cyber, and a new technological paradigm. So-called “industry leading” or “enterprise grade” software is perpetually shown to be vulnerable with new critical vulnerabilities exposed and evidence of active exploitation on a weekly basis. Fancy new features keep us engaged but, considering the risk of fast-moving […]

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October 2024 Threat Report: Ransomware Rising Defenders Must Respond

October was European Cyber Security Month (ECSM) and International Cybersecurity Awareness month with the latter’s theme being “Secure Our World”. It’s safe to say that instilling best practices for online safety to individuals, businesses and critical infrastructure is mission critical in 2024. At Greenbone, in addition to our Enterprise vulnerability management products, we are happy […]

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September 2024 Threat Tracking: Speed Before Safety?

A 2023 World Economic Forum report surveyed 151 global organizational leaders and found that 93% of cyber leaders and 86% business leaders believe a catastrophic cyber event is likely within the next two years. Still, many software vendors prioritize rapid development and product innovation above security. This month, CISA’s Director Jen Easterly stated software vendors […]

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August 2024 Threat Tracking: Threats on the Rise

The cybersecurity risk environment has been red hot through the first half of 2024. Critical vulnerabilities in even the most critical technologies are perpetually open to cyber attacks, and defenders face the continuous struggle to identify and remediate these relentlessly emerging security gaps. Large organizations are being targeted by sophisticated “big game hunting” campaigns by […]

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July 2024 Threat Tracking: Summer Break for Vulnerabilities?

Vulnerability disclosures took a summer vacation in July; only 3,135 new CVES were published, down almost 40% from May 2024’s record setting month. Last month we talked about cybersecurity on the edge, referring to the increasing number of attacks against perimeter network devices. That post’s title also hinted that globally, IT may be skirting catastrophic […]