25 years of vulnerabilities: 1988-2012, the report
Summary: Cisco Talos's VRT studied vulnerability data from 1988 to 2012 and found that while vendors are putting more effort into security, critical vulnerabilities such as Java, PDF, and Internet Explorer 0-days are on the upswing again of late. The VRT reports seeing an average of over 200,000 unique new malware samples per day, with a clear upward trend in malware dropped via these vulnerabilities.
What you should know: The VRT's figure of over 200,000 unique new malware samples per day, combined with a renewed rise in critical 0-days, means the exploit-to-malware pipeline is producing at a volume that no manual review process can keep pace with.
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