as is tradition, I just published my commentary on this year's Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (aka #DBIR): https://kellyshortridge.com/blog/posts/shortridge-makes-sense-of-verizon-dbir-2025/

In the post, I include the following sections covering what I felt were the most notable insights and facets in the report:

🌍 So, what?

💃 Espionage: fast fashion or couture?

👻 APTs go BWAA-haha >:3

💸 How do the money crimes generate money?

🤖 Attackers are still not really using GenAI

👩‍🍳 If you can’t make your own 0day, store-bought creds are fine

🔓 #Security was the real supply chain threat all along

🍄 Things Rot Apart

🕵‍ Scooby Doo's Spooky Kooky Corporate IT Caper

🌈 At least some things are improving somewhere

Go forth and enjoy my commentary, and then make sure to find me at #RSAC to tell me what you loved or hated Tuesday 14:30 at the @fastlydevs booth (where you'll also get a free copy of my book ✨)

thanks @alexcpsec for the early copy <3

The 2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (#DBIR) is out this morning, and I make sense of it in my new post: https://kellyshortridge.com/blog/posts/shortridge-makes-sense-of-verizon-dbir-2024/

I focused on what felt like the most notable points, from #ransomware to MOVEit to web app pwnage to #GenAI and more.

I have insights, quibbles, and hot takes as always — but the fact remains it’s our best source of empirical data on cyberattack impacts. If you’re a #cybersecurity vendor, please consider contributing data to it.

We are happy to contribute once more with our malware & honeypot statistical data to the @Verizon 2024 Data Breach Investigations Report! (#VZDBIR)

Download at https://verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/

Verizon's Data Breach Investigations Report covers a lot of sectors of society, including #education. This year's #DBIR reports that 98% of breaches and #cybercrime affecting schools was financially motivated.

What was that famous thing a bank robber once said about going where the money is? Is someone going to tell them?

https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/2024-dbir-data-breach-investigations-report.pdf