Edge Infrastructure Under Siege: What Two Independent Datasets Reveal About Who’s Exploiting Your Perimeter
Tenable and SentinelOne's joint study shows state-sponsored and criminal groups converging on identical vulnerable edge infrastructure—quantifying a risk that European NIS2-scoped entities must address urgently.
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A new joint study by Tenable and SentinelOne reveals how state and criminal groups converge on the same vulnerable edge infrastructure.
Editorial Analysis
When both nation-states and cybercriminals target the same VPNs and firewalls, the window between vulnerability disclosure and exploitation shrinks to days—making edge-device patching a top-tier priority.
Prioritise patching and monitoring of edge devices with known exploited vulnerabilities, treating them as the highest-risk attack surface.
Independent research confirms that nation-state and criminal hackers attack the same enterprise perimeter devices, demanding accelerated patching and monitoring investment.
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