Cybercriminals Switch Up Their Top Initial Access Vectors Of Choice
CSO Online, Thursday, April 24th, 2025
Vulnerability exploitation, including attacks on network edge devices, has leapfrogged phishing to become a key factor in many security breaches, according to Verizon's DBIR.
Third-party involvement in breaches and exploitation of vulnerabilities have become more important factors in security breaches, according to the latest edition of Verizon's Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR).
An analysis of 22,000 security incidents, including 12,195 confirmed data breaches in 139 countries, found that credential abuse (22%) and exploitation of vulnerabilities (20%, up from 14.9% in 2024) were the two most prevalent initial attack vectors.