Intel471 says Italy is an outlier for access sales and exploits
Original title: Cyber Vulnerabilities Besiege Italy, Absent Clear Cause
Italian organizations account for about 7% of initial-access listings, far above what the country's size would suggest.
Intel471 data shared with Dark Reading says Italian organizations are compromised more often than the country's size, economy, and politics would suggest, and that vulnerability and web-infrastructure exploits are more common there than elsewhere. Italy is described as about 7% of initial-access data sold on criminal forums. Researchers offer several theories but say the pattern remains hard to explain. The published excerpt cuts off before the comparison is finished.
Unconfirmed: The excerpt ends before naming the country ahead of Italy and before stating a cause.
- Gianluca Tiepolo of Intel471 says Italy repeatedly topped the firm's internal monthly stats.
- The report was shared exclusively with Dark Reading ahead of release.
- Researchers contrast Italy with patterns they associate with Israel, Brazil, and the United States.
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From the original article
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Researchers can't quite explain why cyber threats look so different in Italy compared to everywhere else.
By Nate Nelson · darkreading.com
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