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Attackers hit vulnerabilities hard last year, making exploits the top entry point for breaches

·Source: CyberScoop

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Executive Summary

Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report uncovered a surge of exploited vulnerabilities, and a growing lack of critical defect remediation industrywide. The post Attackers hit vulnerabilities hard last year, making exploits the top entry point for breaches appeared first on CyberScoop .

Analysis

Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report uncovered a surge of exploited vulnerabilities, and a growing lack of critical defect remediation industrywide. The post Attackers hit vulnerabilities hard last year, making exploits the top entry point for breaches appeared first on CyberScoop .
Source Attribution

Originally published by CyberScoop on May 19, 2026.

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