UPDATE 2-AI-Related Data Breaches Surging, Verizon Report Says
Verizon said 31% of breaches began with vulnerability exploitation as AI helped attackers find and use flaws faster.
- On Tuesday, the Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report revealed vulnerability exploitation as the leading initial access vector, accounting for 31% of more than 22,000 breaches analyzed during the past year.
- Hackers are leveraging AI-enabled tools to accelerate targeting and malware development, effectively "shrinking the window for defence from months to mere hours," according to the report.
- Only 26% of critical vulnerabilities in the CISA KEV catalog were fully remediated by more than 13,000 organizations, marking a decline from 38% the previous year.
- The median time to patch vulnerabilities rose to 43 days, almost two weeks longer than the 32 days recorded last year, while organizations managed 16 KEV vulnerabilities.
- Controlled initiatives like Anthropic's "Project Glasswing," using Claude Mythos Preview, aim to help organizations improve defenses, even as non-authorised "Shadow" use rises in data loss incidents.
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