The National Cyber Security Centre releases the “most exploited” of 2022

The NCSC in collaboration with allies from around the world have released a list of those cyber vulnerabilities that were the most exploited by threat actors last year.

NCSC and allies reveal most common cyber vulnerabilities exploited in 2022 – NCSC

There are two main trends in the report:

  • threat actors are tending to exploit older vulnerabilities, seeking out those that don’t patch ASAP
  • half of the vulnerabilities in the 2022 report also appeared in the 2021 report.

Defend against those six and your cyber security will just be better.

The report is here:

2022 Top Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities

The agencies that contributed to the report with the NCSC were:

  • Australia: Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)
  • Canada: Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS)
  • New Zealand: New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NZ) and Computer Emergency Response Team New Zealand (CERT NZ)
  • United Kingdom: National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-UK)

Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles