posted by Staff Contributor
As we have previously posted, few take a greater interest in vulnerabilities than our Vulnerability Research Team (VRT). Today we unveil their research on trends in the last 25 years of vulnerabilities. Please see the post below, reposted from the VRT blog, providing an overview of the findings and a link to download the research.
We here at the VRT are all about backing up opinions with facts, and there are a lot of opinions about the nature of the vulnerability landscape out there. That in mind, we decided recently to study the numbers, and put conventional wisdom to the test.
At a high level, the numbers show that while vendors are putting increasing amounts of effort into security, critical vulnerabilities such as the recent Java, PDF, and Internet Explorer 0-days are on the upswing again of late. Combined with the clear upward trend in the amount of malware being dropped via these vulnerabilities - the Sourcefire VRT now sees an average of over 200,000 unique new malware samples per day - it is clear that users need to be vigilant as ever dealing with the modern threat landscape.
Here are some further highlights from the report:
to access the report click on the following link.......http://blog.sourcefire.com/Post/2013/03/05/1362499920-sourcefire-vrt-unveils-research-on--years-of-vulnerabilities-/