Verizon 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR): Credential Leaks Continue To Be A Major Issue
GitGuardian, Friday, June 9,2023
Verizon's 2023 DBIR shows trends for incidents and breaches from the last year. Read our recap to see how credential leakage is helping malicious actors gain entry.
On June 6, Verizon unveiled its 2023 Data Breach Investigations Report, DBIR. This comprehensive report summarizes their findings about incidents from all industries and companies of all sizes. Unfortunately, if you read the previous years' reports, much of the information will look familiar. As they state, "We don't require bad actors to evolve their tactics because the old ones still work just fine." This also mirrors our State of Secrets Sprawl Report findings, where the trend lines for the same credential-related issues keep going up.