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Attackers exploit new application vulnerabilities in just 5 days.
7/17/2025•
ApplicationsSoftwareVulnerabilities
The average application is exposed to 81 confirmed, viable attacks each month that evade other defences
7/17/2025•
ApplicationsSoftwareVulnerabilities
On average, applications contain 30 serious vulnerabilities.
7/17/2025•
ApplicationsSoftwareVulnerabilities
Applications face an average of 17 new application vulnerabilities per month.
7/17/2025•
ApplicationsSoftwareVulnerabilities
Developer teams remediate, on average, 6 application vulnerabilities per month.
7/17/2025•
ApplicationsSoftwareVulnerabilities
It takes an average of 84 days to patch even the most critical flaws in applications.
7/17/2025•
ApplicationsSoftwareVulnerabilities
The average application is targeted by attackers once every 3 minutes.
7/17/2025•
ApplicationsSoftwareVulnerabilities
60% of financial sector respondents said their investments in XDR did not provide visibility into behavioural anomalies at the application layer.
2/1/2025
43% of financial sector respondents cited dwell time as a key concern.
2/1/2025
61% of financial sector respondents consider their WAFs to be effective.
2/1/2025
Over half of financial institutions experienced a supply chain attack.
2/1/2025
71% of of financial sector respondents reported zero-day attacks as the key concern for safeguarding applications and APIs.
2/1/2025
82% of financial institutions overrely on web application firewalls (WAF).
2/1/2025
Fewer than 25% of financial sector respondents are confident that their current security controls could mitigate a zero-day attack.
2/1/2025
64% of financial sector respondents reported experiencing cybersecurity incidents in the past 12 months.
2/1/2025
38% of financial sector respondents reported a lack of visibility into the application layer as a concern.
2/1/2025
Financial sector respondents reported a 12.5% increase in destructive cyber attacks.
2/1/2025
Over two-thirds of financial sector respondents experienced attacks focused on stealing non-public market information.
2/1/2025