--- title: What 2026 DBIR Confirms: Attacks Are Living in the Browser description: Analysis of the 2026 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) through the lens of browser-layer security, contributed by Keep Aware. Key findings... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/what-2026-dbir-confirms-attacks-are-living-in-the-browser-jxtfvfa6r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: What 2026 DBIR Confirms: Attacks Are Living in the Browser | daily.dev og:description: Analysis of the 2026 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) through the lens of browser-layer security, contributed by Keep Aware. Key findings... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/what-2026-dbir-confirms-attacks-are-living-in-the-browser-jxtfvfa6r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/JXtfvfa6r.png og:image:alt: What 2026 DBIR Confirms: Attacks Are Living in the Browser og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # What 2026 DBIR Confirms: Attacks Are Living in the Browser **[BleepingComputer](https://daily.dev/sources/bleepingcomputer)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Analysis of the 2026 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) through the lens of browser-layer security, contributed by Keep Aware. Key findings include: shadow AI usage has grown fourfold, with 67% of employees accessing AI services via personal accounts on corporate devices; 39% of breaches involved credential abuse, and 100% of credential theft attempts observed bypassed traditional network and endpoint controls; 13% of browser extensions are high or critical risk, with 93% of poor-reputation extensions labeled as 'productivity' tools; ClickFix social engineering is emerging as a browser-native attack vector; and 62% of breaches involved the human element. The core argument is that the browser is now the primary attack surface and requires dedicated security visibility. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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