Enterprises vulnerable to look-alike domains

According to a new report, 80 percent of registered web domains that resemble a Global 2000 brand do not actually belong to that brand. The report from enterprise-class domain registrar CSC shows that of the homoglyph (look-alike fake) domains owned by third parties other than the Global 2000 brand owners, 42 percent have MX records (email exchange records) compared with 40 percent in 2023. These MX records can be used to send phishing emails or to intercept email. 'Many wide-scale cyberattacks like ransomware, phishing, and data breaches can originate at the domain level through fraudulently registered or exploited legitimate domains,'… [Continue Reading]