2024 Data Breach Investigations Report: Vulnerability exploitation boom threatens cybersecurity

What you need to know: Vulnerability exploitation surged by nearly 3X (180%) last year.Ransomware and the meteoric rise of extortion techniques accounted for a third (32%) of all breaches.More than two-thirds (68%) of breaches involve a non-malicious human element.30,458 security incidents and 10,626 confirmed breaches were analyzed in 2023—a two-fold increase over 2022.Verizon security by the numbers: 4,200+ networks managed globally, 34 trillion raw logs processed/year, and 9 security operation centers ar ...