Verizon DBIR 2024 Shows Surge in Vulnerability Exploitation, Confirmed Data Breaches 

Verizon’s 2024 DBIR shows that vulnerability exploitation increased three times and confirmed data breaches doubled compared to the previous year.
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Verizon 2023 DBIR: Human Error Involved in Many Breaches, Ransomware Cost Surges

Verizon’s 16th annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) provides data on ransomware costs, the frequency of human error in breaches, and BEC trends.
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The Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report – How do you Use it?

The annual Verizon DBIR (Data Breach Investigation Report) is a great tool full of lots of actionable information. However, at over 100 pages full of detailed information, it can seem a bit like walking into a modern hardware store and wondering w… Continue reading The Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report – How do you Use it?

Cyber Security Roundup for June 2020

A roundup of UK focused Cyber and Information Security News, Blog Posts, Reports and general Threat Intelligence from the previous calendar month, May 2020.
EasyJet’s disclosure of a “highly sophisticated cyber-attack”, which occurred in January 2020, … Continue reading Cyber Security Roundup for June 2020

Modern Skills for Modern CISOs: Your Questions Answered

Sometimes your best intentions are thwarted by technology. That was the case when Thom Langford and I attempted to do a Q&A session after our webinar “Modern Skills for Modern CISOs.” Unfortunately, the session ended before we got the c… Continue reading Modern Skills for Modern CISOs: Your Questions Answered

Application News – Application Security Weekly #61

    In the Application News, Chrome constrains the cookies and Edge pushes privacy, Windows builds a sandbox for Linux, Android Q for more quarantined code with more LLVM features, Steve Singh stepping down as Docker CEO, and Verizon releases its 2019 … Continue reading Application News – Application Security Weekly #61

A Changing Threat Landscape: Inside Verizon’s 2019 DBIR

Verizon Enterprise has once again released its annual Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). The publication doesn’t disappoint in providing crucial insight into today’s digital threats. On the one hand, Verizon’s 2019 report captu… Continue reading A Changing Threat Landscape: Inside Verizon’s 2019 DBIR

2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) Key Takeaways

The 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) was released today, and I was lucky enough to be handed a hot off the press physical copy while at the Global Cyber Alliance Cyber Trends 2019 event at Mansion House, London. For me, the DBIR p… Continue reading 2019 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) Key Takeaways

Verizon Data Breach Report: Espionage, C-Suite and Cloud Attacks on the Rise

Cloud misconfigurations, business email compromise (BEC) and intellectual property theft are all up in the Verizon DBIR 2019 from last year. Continue reading Verizon Data Breach Report: Espionage, C-Suite and Cloud Attacks on the Rise