Most Ransomware Attacks in 2022 Took Advantage of Outdated Bugs

 

In the 2022 attacks, ransomware operators took advantage of a number of outdated vulnerabilities that allowed the attackers to become persistent and migrate laterally to complete their objectives. 

A report from Ivanti released last week stated that the flaws, which are prevalent in products from Microsoft, Oracle, VMware, F5, SonicWall, and several more companies, pose a clear and present danger to organisations who haven’t yet remedied them. 

Old bugs are still popular

Ivanti’s study is based on data analysis from teams at Securin, Cyber Security Works, and Cyware as well as from its own threat intelligence team. It provides a thorough examination of the flaws that criminals frequently used in ransomware attacks in 2022. 

In attacks last year, ransomware operators used a total of 344 different vulnerabilities, up 56 from 2021, according to Ivanti’s anal

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