Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report finds vulnerability exploitation has overtaken credential theft as a leading breach driver.
- Exploited vulnerabilities now rank ahead of stolen credentials in the report’s breach analysis.
- The shift reframes where defenders should focus first when prioritizing exposure.
- It underscores the value of treating internet-reachable systems as exploitation surfaces by default.
This briefing is part of SecureW2’s Cybersecurity Intelligence series, which tracks identity, certificate, and network-security events for the teams who have to respond to them.
