Summary: The latest Verizon data breach report shows a sharp rise in zero-day exploits, ransomware, and third-party breaches, painting a grim picture for 2025’s cybersecurity landscape.

Verizon just dropped its annual Data Breach Investigations Report, and it’s a doozy. According to the 117-page report, the message is clear: things are getting worse.

The majority of ransomware attacks target small businesses, according to Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), with extortion malware appearing in 88% of SMB breach incidents ...

An alleged Verizon data breach has seen hackers offering for sale a database of 61 million customer records, which includes personal information useful for both phishing attempts and identity theft.

Data breaches rage on. In the first half of this year, the Identity Theft Resource Center counted 1,732 total data breaches affecting 166 million people, marking a ...

The 2023 DBIR was released earlier this week, and it based an analysis of 16,312 security incidents that occurred over the past year. Verizon's report gets data from incidents on its platform as ...

Verizon studied 12,195 data breaches out of 22,052 real-world security incidents collected between Nov. 1, 2023 to Oct. 31, 2024, from more than 100 data contributors globally.

The Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) is one of cybersecurity's most authoritative annual reports. The 2025 DBIR highlights critical trends including rising GenAI-related risks ...

BASKING RIDGE, NJ – Verizon Business today released its 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which reveals a significant increase in cyberattacks.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Business today released its 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which reveals a significant increase in cyberattacks.

BASKING RIDGE, N.J., April 23, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Verizon Business today released its 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), which reveals a significant increase in cyberattacks. The ...

According to the Verizon 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report, during the year ended October 31, 2024, they comprised 30% of all data breaches – up from just 15% the previous year.