North Korea exploits weak email DMARC settings, and the latest Verizon analysis of thousands of data breaches. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It's Friday May 3rd, 2024. I'm Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for TechNewsday.com. North Korean hackers are trying exploit improperly configured DMARC email server security controls to hide spearphishing attacks. The warning
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