Edge Device Vulnerabilities Fueled Attack Sprees In 2024
Cyberscoop, Friday, February 21st, 2025
The most consequential cyberattacks observed by Darktrace last year were linked to software defects in firewalls and perimeter network technologies.
Edge devices harboring zero-day and n-day vulnerabilities were linked to the most consequential attack campaigns last year, Darktrace said in an annual threat report released Wednesday.
Darktrace's threat researchers found the most frequent vulnerability exploits in customers' instances of Ivanti Connect Secure and Ivanti Policy Secure appliances, along with firewall products from Fortinet and Palo Alto Networks.
Cybersecurity vendors shipped products that ultimately accounted for and became the initial access vector for the majority of the most significant attack campaigns last year, the report shows.