The Telco Security Alliance investigated threat actors taking advantage of the pandemic to launch campaigns against businesses and government agencies globally.
The security vulnerabilities could have allowed attackers to gain remote access and execute commands without proper authentication. Four were cited as “critical.”
“The evolution of web applications has not gone unnoticed by attackers, and web defenders haven’t thought as much about it,” said Akamai CTO Patrick Sullivan.
Irrespective of its many challenges, survival does not inspire confidence, and companies are generally reticent to use it as a baseline for performance.
Google had originally planned to release the product later this year. But then the COVID-19 pandemic drastically increased demand for remote worker security.
“Notable spikes in attacks can also be correlated to key days in the COVID-19 news cycle,” wrote VMware Cabon Black threat researchers Patrick Upatham and Jim Treinen.