Exploited Faster, Patched Slower: Verizon DBIR 2026 Shows Security Teams Losing Ground
The Verizon 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) reveals a threat environment moving much faster than many organizations can reasonably protect themselves against.
Based on information collected from more than 31,000 security incidents and over 22,000 confirmed data breaches spanning 145 different countries, the DBIR reveals a changing face to how attackers get in, how fast vulnerabilities are exploited, and the role of AI in both attack and defense.
This year’s report makes it clear that vulnerability exploitation has overtaken credential abuse as the top method of initial access to breached networks.
Vulnerability exploitation overtakes stolen credentials
In past years, compromised credentials were the most common reason for breaches. This is not the case in the 2026 DBIR.
Exploitation of vulnerabilities accounted for 31% of breach initial access vectors, compared to credential abuse, which dropped to 13%.
The DBIR states that organizations find themselves overwhelmed with the number of patches...
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