vulnerability statistics

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Obaida Al-Sulaiman

Information Security Manager · CISSP · CEH · OSCP

Internet exposed services are applications, protocols, or management interfaces that can be reached from the public internet. A public website is intentionally exposed, while an administration panel, database, remote desktop service, or forgotten staging system may be exposed unintentionally. Exposure alone does not mean a service is vulnerable, but every reachable service gives an external […]
API security statistics are becoming harder to interpret as APIs spread across web applications, mobile apps, microservices, SaaS integrations, artificial intelligence systems, and machine-to-machine workflows. The strongest 2026 data does not point to one universal “API attack rate.” It shows several different problems moving together: more API-related incidents, rapid API growth, weak visibility into sensitive […]
Ransomware statistics can look contradictory because attack volume, breach involvement, encryption, ransom demands, payments, recovery costs, and leak-site claims measure different parts of the same problem. The latest 2026 evidence shows a clear pattern: ransomware is involved in more breaches, more attacks reach encryption, and the criminal ecosystem is fragmenting, while a larger share of […]
Vulnerability statistics are easy to inflate because raw disclosure volume is the biggest number and often the least useful one on its own. The CVE Program published 48,244 vulnerabilities in 2025, while confirmed exploitation remains concentrated in a much smaller set. In 2026, the more important story is the widening gap between attacker speed and […]
Small business cybersecurity statistics are easy to inflate because surveys, investigated breaches, blocked attacks, ransomware incidents, and financial-loss estimates all measure different things. The clearest 2026 picture is more useful than the viral numbers: smaller organizations stop fewer ransomware attacks before damage, vulnerability exploitation leads breach entry in Verizon’s SMB dataset, third parties appear in […]