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COMPANY NEWS: WatchGuard Technologies, a global leader in unified cybersecurity, today announced that its AuthPoint multi-factor authentication (MFA) solution has earned a Performance Verified certification from Miercom, an independent testing and certification service. Evaluating AuthPoint against competing solutions across a wide range of categories, Miercom found that WatchGuard's MFA solution offered greater functionality at a lower cost, easier setup and administration, and a better end-user experience.

Vulnerability intelligence, breach data and risk ratings vendor Risk Based Security has warned about the rising number of vulnerabilities in third-party WordPress plugins, pointing out that 2240 such flaws had been reported in 2021.

Australia recorded 24 data breaches in the first six months of 2018, and stood fifth globally on a list that was headed by the US with 1074 leaks, according to the security firm Risk Based Security which recorded a total of 2308 breaches worldwide for the period.

Despite its recent claims to be focusing on security, the number of vulnerabilities in Microsoft products grew from 703 in 2015 to 729 in 2016, according to VulnDB statistics released by Risk Based Security, a company that sells analytics and user-friendly dashboards designed to identify security risks by industry.