According to a new report from IBM, vulnerability exposures reached record levels in the first half of the year. This info comes courtesy of IBM's X-Force 2-1- Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report . Over 4,300 new vulnerabilities were documented by IBM's R&D team during this time period. This is a 36% increase from the same period last year. 55% of the disclosed vulnerabilities had now vendor-supplied patch at the end of the period.