Coming in at number 5, it's a blast from the past! Tenable's 2020 security flaw chart show features hits of yesteryear

Coming in at number 5, it's a blast from the past! Tenable's 2020 security flaw chart show features hits of yesteryear

Out of the top five vulnerabilities for 2020 three dated back to 2019 or earlier, according to infosec firm Tenable's annual threat report.


While Zerologon was the company's number one insecurity for 2020, the hoary old Pulse Secure VPN vuln (CVE-2019-11510) was number three, while flaws in Citrix and Fortinet connectivity platforms dating from 2019 and 2018 respectively were also up there.

"As long as unpatched vulnerabilities remain a problem for organizations, you can expect us to keep harping on about them," said Tenable in its 2020 Threat Landscape Report, published today. "This low-hanging fruit is favoured by nation state actors and run-of-the-mill cybercriminals alike."


During the annus horribilis that was 2020, Tenable reckoned that in excess of 18,000 vulnerabilities were reported, saying this was ..

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