Experts Predict Record 20,000 CVEs for 2020:
This year could see a record breaking 20,000 vulnerabilities reported, with major increases in mobile bugs already in 2020, according to Skybox Security.
The security vendor's midyear update to its 2020 Vulnerability and Threat Trends Report contains some concerning findings for organizations as they struggle to manage cyber-risk at a time of mass remote working.
With 9000 vulnerabilities reported in the first half of the year, the firm is predicting the final total for 2020 could top twice as much as that. The figure for new CVEs in 2019 was 17,304. Without risk-based automated patch management systems, organizations struggle to mitigate these issues, leaving them exposed to attacks.
Part of this increase is due to a surge in Android OS flaws: these increased 50% year-on-year, according to Skybox.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday July 22 2020, @04:21AM (1 child)
This is a false flag operation to insert deliberate security vulnerabilities into software to demonstrate the need to outsource all jobs to countries where the local unskilled coders are less distracted by Covid. There is too much virus panic in America. Americans are simply unemployable on that basis alone.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Opportunist on Wednesday July 22 2020, @07:19AM
That was already the case before Covid, no conspiracy or plague needed.