---
id: 1032
title: "5 Reasons Why Attack Surface Scanners Aren’t Enough"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/5-reasons-why-attack-surface-scanners-arent-enough/"
published_at: "2020-04-07T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["attack-surface-management", "vulnerability-scanning", "shadow-it", "gartner", "data-breach", "equifax", "apache-struts"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1032"
lang: en
---

# 5 Reasons Why Attack Surface Scanners Aren’t Enough

## Summary

Revisits the Equifax breach: Equifax knew of the Apache Struts flaw but lacked asset registry and scanner coverage for forgotten assets, showing why scanners alone miss shadow IT.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2020-04-07T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/5-reasons-why-attack-surface-scanners-arent-enough/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1032