Corporate Chaos: How Adding New Services is Supercharging Cyberattack Risks
Enterprises are playing a risky game by adding over 300 new services monthly, significantly increasing their attack surface, warns Unit 42. Media and Entertainment firms lead with a whopping 7,469 services. Misconfigured databases are a major culprit, making it easy for crooks to swipe sensitive data.
Hot Take:
Who knew adding a few extra services to your corporate infrastructure could be as risky as playing Jenga blindfolded? Each new addition to your tech stack is like stacking another block—one misstep and the whole thing comes crashing down. But hey, who doesn’t love living on the edge?
Key Points:
- Most organizations are adding or updating over 300 services monthly.
- Media and Entertainment industries lead, with a whopping 7,469 new services monthly.
- Misconfigurations from rapid service additions account for nearly 32% of new high or critical cloud exposures.
- Misconfigured databases are a common source of data leaks.
- Crooks can scan the entire IPv4 address space in minutes, making data theft a quick operation.
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