{"id":27138,"date":"2019-06-11T14:55:58","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/30224\/FTSE-250-Firms-Exposed-To-Possible-Cyber-Attacks.html"},"modified":"2019-06-11T14:55:58","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T14:55:58","slug":"ftse-250-firms-exposed-to-possible-cyber-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/ftse-250-firms-exposed-to-possible-cyber-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"FTSE 250 Firms Exposed To Possible Cyber Attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The average FTSE<\/a> 250 company exposes 35 different avenues of attack for would-be hackers, according to a report, despite the vast majority having \u201cserious issues\u201d with keeping business-critical systems up to date.<\/p>\n

According to the cybersecurity company Rapid7\u2019s report, created by scanning for systems and devices used by FTSE 250 corporations that are visible on the public internet, the 35 different \u201cattack surfaces \u2026 [are] neither good nor bad, but each exposed node \u2026 potentially boosts the opportunity for attackers to gain a foothold.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo put it another way, each exposed server or device must be properly configured, managed, patched and defended to reduce the risk of a cyber-attack.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, \u201cFTSE 250+ organisations in every sector had serious issues with patch\/version management of business-critical internet-facing systems\u201d, the report said. Most of Britain\u2019s largest companies, Rapid7 found, \u201care running older and often unsupported versions of the three most prolific web servers\u201d \u2013 Microsoft\u2019s IIS and the open source Apache and nginx services.<\/p>\n