Intelligent CISO Issue 76 | Page 18

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TRENDS
FortiGuard Labs ’ 2H 2023 Global Threat Landscape Report highlights the need for vendors to adhere to vulnerability disclosure best practices and for organisations to improve cyberhygiene and patch management .

Fortinet threat research finds cybercriminals are exploiting new industry vulnerabilities 43 % faster than 1H 2023

ortinet , a global cybersecurity

F leader driving the convergence of networking and security , has announced the release of the FortiGuard Labs 2H 2023 Global Threat Landscape Report .

The latest semiannual report is a snapshot of the active threat landscape and highlights trends from July to December of 2023 , including analysis on the speed with which cyberattackers are capitalising on newly identified exploits from across the cybersecurity industry and the rise of targeted ransomware and wiper activity against the industrial and OT sector .
Derek Manky , Chief Security Strategist and Global VP Threat Intelligence , FortiGuard Labs , said : “ The 2H 2023 Global Threat Landscape Report from FortiGuard Labs continues to shine a light on how quickly threat actors are taking advantage of newly disclosed vulnerabilities . In this climate , both vendors and customers have a role to play . Vendors must introduce robust security scrutiny at all stages of the product development life cycle and dedicate themselves to responsible radical transparency in their vulnerability disclosures . With over 26,447 vulnerabilities across more than 2,000 vendors in 2023 as cited by NIST , it is also critical that customers maintain a strict patching regimen to reduce the risk of exploitation .”
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