Cisco Systems

Cisco Talos released its cybersecurity report for the first quarter of 2023, highlighting the most common attacks, targets and other significant trends. The findings show that web shells were the top observed threat, comprising nearly 22 percent of incidents- a novel increase compared to previous quarters. Web shells are malicious scripts that enable threat actors to compromise web-based servers exposed to the internet.Commenting on the report’s findings, Fady Younes, Cybersecurity Director, EMEA Service Providers and MEA, Cisco, said: “Cybercriminals are gaining more experience exploiting security loopholes to spread their reach ...