Verizon DBIR

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Verizon’s 2025 DBIR Finds Major Spikes in Third-Party Cyber Attacks, Exploitation of Edge Devices
ByWei Chieh Lim April 29, 2025

Of all the cyber attacks examined in the 2025 DBIR, 22% kicked off with credential abuse. Vulnerability exploitation has been making a strong push to take the lead over the last two years, however, with its most recent surge putting it at 20% (and ahead of phishing at 16%).

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Annual Verizon DBIR Highlights “Era of Vulnerability Exploitation,” Continued Importance of Timely Patching
ByWei Chieh Lim May 8, 2024

Aside from continuing employee- and staffing-related struggles, the Verizon DBIR report also sees something of a “golden age” of vulnerability exploitation developing for cyber criminals.

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Ransomware and BEC Remain Strong, Social Engineering a Growing Threat in 2023 Verizon DBIR
ByWei Chieh Lim June 16, 2023

The Verizon DBIR for 2023 is out, and it shows an increase in social engineering as an entry point for threat actors. Attackers would prefer to do as little hacking as possible, and the availability of stolen credentials is making that a realistic business plan.

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