Vulnerability Exploitation Overtakes Stolen Credentials As The #1 Breach Vector

Verizon’s 2026 DBIR Covers 22,000 Confirmed Breaches Across 145 Countries For years, the answer to “how did they get in?” was the same: a stolen password. That answer changed in 2025. Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report, the 19th annual edition and the largest dataset the report has ever produced, finds vulnerability exploitation has overtaken … Read more

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