Assets hosted by Azure showed 0.07% with critical vulnerabilities.

25% of developers report being overwhelmed by the volume of vulnerabilities.

Exploits spiked 433% in Microsoft Office applications. Web browsers and Office applications have emerged as prime targets. Chrome specifically led all products in known attacks.

Critical vulnerabilities rose by 37.1% in 2024.

macOS vulnerabilities increased by 95% in 2024.

Total number of software vulnerabilities grew by 61% year-over-year (YoY) in 2024.

There was a 505% increase in critical flaws in database software.

macOS vulnerabilities increased by 95% in 2024.

Exploits spiked 657% in browsers.

Linux vulnerabilities soared by 967% in 2024.

The number of known exploited vulnerabilities rose by 96% in 2024.

There was a 213% YoY overall vulnerability growth in database software.

Total number of software vulnerabilities grew by 61% year-over-year (YoY) in 2024.

There was a 505% increase in critical flaws in database software.

30% cite budget limitations as their biggest barrier to adopting additional solutions.

49% measure success of vulnerability remediation by mean time to remediation.

91% of organizations experience delays in vulnerability remediation.

74% of respondents identify a lack of understanding of every potential source of vulnerability as their biggest challenge to effective vulnerability management.

61% of organizations still measure success of vulnerability remediation by the number of vulnerabilities resolved.

54% measure success of vulnerability remediation by fewer breaches.