Hackers Are Walking Through Unpatched Doors, Not Guessing Passwords: What the 2026 Breach Data Means for Cyber Security

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For years, the standard advice in cyber security started with passwords: make them longer, make them unique, turn on two-step login. That advice still holds. But the latest large-scale breach data suggests the front door attackers prefer has changed. Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), now in its 19th edition, found that vulnerability exploitation,

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