Vulnerabilities are back as people return to work

After a slump during the pandemic, vulnerability disclosures are once again showing growth according to the latest Vulnerability QuickView Report from Risk Based Security's VulnDB team. The report shows 12,723 vulnerabilities disclosed during the first half of 2021 and the vulnerability disclosure landscape saw a growth of 2.8 percent compared to the same period in 2020. "As 2020 unfolded we saw many factors contributing to heavy disruption to industries and organizations around the world," says Brian Martin, vulnerability historian at Risk Based Security. "Those factors include the Coronavirus pandemic, of course, but also the many secondary effects on supply chains,… [Continue Reading]