The majority of phishing cases feature phishing as a means to install persistent malware. Verizons 2016 Data Breach investigations Report: What we have here is a failure to communicate Sixty-three percent of confirmed data breaches involved weak, default or stolen passwords, Verizon states. The use of stolen, weak or default credentials in breaches is not new, is not bleeding edge, but boy howdy it works. A static once a year IT audit is not proactive and will not see this trend until it’s too late.”]