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Three-quarters of retail, hospitality applications have security flaws

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Three-quarters of retail, hospitality applications have security flaws

Photo credit: Rg Studio via Getty Images. Article by . Cybersecurity Dive – November 22, 2022.

Dive Brief:

  • As the Black Friday weekend is upon us, a report from Veracode shows almost three-quarters of retail and hospitality applications contain security flaws. Just one-quarter of those flaws are fixed.
  • Almost 1 in 5 of these security flaws are considered “high severity” and could pose a serious risk to an organization if exploited.
  • More than three-quarters of Americans plan to shop during the Black Friday sales and almost 3 in 5 plan to do all of their shopping online, leaving retailers very little room to afford a cyberattack or other data breach. […]