Among the most severe risks are attacks that exploit web-based interfaces, cloud vulnerabilities, and AI decision-making pipelines. The study highlights five critical threats with CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) scores of 9.0 or higher, including scenarios involving code injection in web applications, privilege escalation through misconfigured services, and denial-of-service events that target data gateways.
With cities becoming more digitally connected, the threat landscape is evolving just as rapidly. A new study offers a timely, actionable, and technically grounded strategy to help smart cities defend against the growing tide of cyber threats.