Email attacks target the healthcare sector

A new report from Abnormal Security reveals a rise in targeted email compromise attacks on the healthcare sector. Vendor email compromise (VEC) attacks on the sector have consistently trended upward, recording a 60 percent increase between August 2023 and August 2024. The sector's reliance on long-term vendor relationships is being exploited through VEC, where cybercriminals impersonate trusted vendors to bypass traditional email security and trick employees. Over the same time period the number of phishing attacks on healthcare organizations also increased by 37 percent. With the help of tools like Google Translate and AI platforms like ChatGPT, attackers can create… [Continue Reading]