KordaMentha contributes to global breach investigations report

This year's DBIR highlights the continued spike in ransomware breaches, which increased by 13% in a single year - a jump bigger than the previous five years combined. As attackers attempt to use more sophisticated malware, ransomware has shown to be particularly effective at exploiting and monetising unauthorised access to private information.

The report identifies that people are still the weakest link in an organisation's cybersecurity defences. Social engineering attacks such as phishing accounted for 25% of total breaches in the 2022 report. When you add human errors and misuse of privileges, the human aspect accounts for 82% of examined breaches during the past year.

This is the 15-year anniversary of the DBIR and the first time KordaMentha has worked with Verizon to contribute anonymised incident and breach data from the Cybersecurity and Forensic Technology practice. KordaMentha is proud to be one of the Australian based organisations contributing data to