Scary Security Stats: The worst of 2022

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With 2023 just around the corner, it is perhaps a good time to consider cybersecurity horrors and the risks these present to the corporate world.

Each year, cybersecurity companies publish a number of research reports focusing on different aspects of cybersecurity and breach trends. Various security firms have developed a list of some of the most alarming statistics from several reports published throughout the year.

SAP systems

Research from SAP, CISA, and Onapsis found that threat actors can start weaponizing critical SAP vulnerabilities less than 72 hours after a patch is released.

Vulnerabilities abound

SecurityScorecard’s report ‘The Fast and the Frivolous – Pacing Remediation of Internet-Facing Vulnerabilities’, found that 53 percent of organ