Zero day exploitation surged by 46% year-over-year in the first six months of 2025, according to the Forescout Research – Vedere Labs H1 2025 Threat Review. Products from 27 vendors were found to be impacted by zero days, with Microsoft making up around a third (30%). Google products experienced the second highest volume of zero day exploits, at 11%, followed by Apple (8%), Ivanti (6%), Qualcomm (5%) and VMware (5%). A total of 23,583 vulnerabilities were published in the first half of 2025, averaging 130 new CVEs per day or 3930 per month. This represents a 15% increase compared to the same period in 2024. Additionally, 132 CVEs were added to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog in H1 2025, an 80% year-over-year rise.…