Verizon DBIR: Healthcare Fends Off Increased Social Engineering Attacks
Ransomware and vendor breaches persist. The "2026 Data Breach Investigations Report" (DBIR) highlights how evolving social engineering tactics make the sector more vulnerable.
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Ransomware and vendor breaches persist. The "2026 Data Breach Investigations Report" (DBIR) highlights how evolving social engineering tactics make the sector more vulnerable.
Verizon's 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) finds that exploits are now involved in 31% of initial access for breaches, while patching lags too far behind the bad guys.
The ransomware group breached SmarterTools through a vulnerability in the company's own SmarterMail product.
The CRM vendor advised ignoring or deleting suspicious emails and said the attacks were not tied to any breach or software vulnerability.
The same easily exploitable vulnerability was found in three of the apps that led to the compromise of victims' data.
The incident should serve as a critical wake-up call. The stakes are simply too high to treat AI security as an afterthought — especially when the Dark Web stands ready to capitalize on every vulnerability.
AI jailbreaks are not vulnerabilities; they are expected behavior.
The company temporarily disabled the application and patched the vulnerability, though affected individuals should still remain vigilant.
The infamous North Korean APT group is using Log4Shell, the 3CX supply chain attack, and other known vectors to breach Microsoft Web servers.
Attackers also could breach internal production data to compromise a corporate network using vulnerabilities found in the BrickLink online platform.
Software teams can now fix bugs faster with faster release cycles, but breach pressure is increasing. Using SBoM and automation will help better detect, prevent, and remediate security issues throughout the software development life cycle.
CISA says Federal Civilian Executive Branch systems were compromised through a Log4Shell vulnerability in an unpatched VMware Horizon server.
From adopting zero-trust security models to dynamic environments to operating under an "assumed breach" mentality, here are ways IT departments can reduce vulnerabilities as they move deliberately to become more secure.
Swarms of breach attempts against the Atlassian Confluence vulnerability are likely to continue for years, researchers say, averaging 20,000 attempts daily as of this week.