According to new findings from prominent cybersecurity leader Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42 sector, a vast majority of security weaknesses plaguing companies today originate from cloud-based flaws. Their most recent Attack Surface Threat Research uncovered that an overwhelming 80.3% of all vulnerabilities spotted across industries stem directly from cloud environments.
The eye-opening report, released on September 14th, delved deeper into the prevalent types of cloud security issues. Over half of such defects were pinpointed to three core categories - misconfigurations involving web application frameworks at 22.8%, exploitable remote access channels at 20.1%, and lapses in IT and networking protection at 17.1%. With close to two-thirds of weaknesses traceable back to these top cloud sources, the findings make clear organizations must shore up cloud security as never before to effectively strengthen their defenses.