The majority of large healthcare organizations worldwide are vulnerable to email domain spoofing, a leading vector for cyberattacks. Many organizations have not adopted the DMARC standard, which detects and prevents email spoofing. A recent study found that only 1.7% of healthcare organizations surveyed had implemented DMARC at the enforcement level, leaving 98.3% susceptible to impersonation attacks. This lack of protection represents a major risk for healthcare organizations, as phishing emails are the initial point of entry in 91% of successful cyberattacks.
Doxers Posing as Cops Are Tricking Big Tech Firms Into Sharing People’s Private Data
David Gilbert reports: When a privacy specialist at the legal response operations center of Charter Communications received an emergency data request via email on September 4
