https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/ Data-driven articles on cyber security, digital marketing and web development. en-in Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530 https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/india-data-breach-cost-2026/https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/india-data-breach-cost-2026/Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0530Cyber SecurityThe average data breach in India cost ₹25.5 crore (INR 255 million) in 2026, according to IBM's Cost of a Data Breach Report. That is 15.9% more than ₹22 crore in 2025. Phishing (19%) was the top way attackers got in, and firms using extensive security automation paid ₹10.3 crore less per breach than those using none. https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/verizon-dbir-2026-key-findings/https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/verizon-dbir-2026-key-findings/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530Cyber SecurityVerizon's 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report found that exploiting software vulnerabilities was the most common way attackers got in, at 31% of breaches, overtaking stolen credentials (13%). Third parties were involved in 48% of breaches, ransomware appeared in 48%, and a human element was present in 62%. https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/cert-in-cyber-incidents-india-2025/https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/cert-in-cyber-incidents-india-2025/Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530Cyber SecurityCERT-In, India's national cyber incident response team, handled over 29.44 lakh (2.94 million) cyber security incidents in 2025. That is about 44% more than 20.41 lakh in 2024 and roughly 2.5 times the 11.58 lakh handled in 2020. https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/google-ai-overviews-click-through-rate/https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/google-ai-overviews-click-through-rate/Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:00:00 +0530Digital MarketingWhen Google showed an AI summary, users clicked a traditional search result on 8% of visits, compared with 15% when no summary appeared, according to Pew Research Center. Only 1% of visits included a click on a link inside the summary, and users ended their browsing session more often (26% vs 16%). https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/india-social-media-users-2026/https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/india-social-media-users-2026/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0530Digital MarketingIndia has about 1.03 billion internet users (70% of the population) and 500 million social media user identities, according to DataReportal's Digital 2026 report. YouTube has the largest ad reach at 500 million, followed by Instagram at 481 million (up 16% in a year) and Facebook at 403 million. https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/core-web-vitals-pass-rate-2025/https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/core-web-vitals-pass-rate-2025/Wed, 12 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0530Web DevelopmentOnly 48% of mobile websites and 56% of desktop websites passed all Core Web Vitals in 2025, according to the HTTP Archive Web Almanac. Largest Contentful Paint is the hardest metric on mobile, with 62% of sites rated good, compared with 77% for INP and 81% for CLS. https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/wordpress-vulnerabilities-2025/https://divyanshbarnwal.in/insights/wordpress-vulnerabilities-2025/Thu, 30 Jul 2026 09:00:00 +0530Web DevelopmentSecurity firm Patchstack recorded 11,334 new vulnerabilities in the WordPress ecosystem in 2025, a 42% increase over 2024. 91% were in plugins and 9% in themes, while WordPress core had only 6. 46% of vulnerabilities had no fix available when they were publicly disclosed.