Organizations At Risk for Data Breaches: System Vulnerabilities Increase by 92 Percent
A new State of The Crowdsourced Security in 2019 study reports a 92 percent increase in total vulnerabilities reported over the previous year. The average payout per vulnerability increased this year by a whopping 83 percent, with average payouts for critical vulnerabilities reaching $2,669.92 — a 27 percent increase over last year.
Mega-bugs like ETERNALBLUE, Double Kill, Meltdown, Spectre, and the vulnerability in Apache Struts2 — which was responsible for the Equifax breach — just a few examples of bugs that were exploited in ways that made headlines and left many systems, users and companies devastated.