New Healthcare Email Attack Trends Research Reveals Critical Condition Year Over Year

Abnormal Security has published its latest research about the year-over-year uptick in email threats targeting the healthcare industry. The study analyzed emails between August 2023 and August 2024, finding that vendor email compromise (VEC) attacks consistently trended upward, with a 60% increase, and the number of phishing attacks on healthcare organizations increased by 37%.

Mike Britton, CISO of Abnormal Security, can discuss healthcare industry attack trends, including: 

  • What makes healthcare an appealing target for cybercrime?
  • Why do VEC and phishing attacks targeting the healthcare industry continue to grow?
  • How do we protect health organizations from sophisticated email attacks?

You can read the blog post here.

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