The Cyber Exposure Score is a published 0–100 formula built only from publicly observable signals. How this is calculated.
This domain scores better than 41% of the 136 Finance organisations we track (cohort median 80). The sample is seeded from public incident data, not a random cross-section of the sector.
Posture summary
Email authentication
SPF ✓ ~all DMARC none DKIM ✗ · Mailchimp DNSSEC ✗DNS hygiene
8 nameservers · NS1 CAA ✗ IPv6 ✗Web & transport hygiene
HTTPS redirect ✓ HSTS weak CSP ✗ security.txt ✗TLS / certificate
TLS TLSv1.3 80d to expiryInternet exposure
2 open ports 0 KEVBreach metadata
0 public breaches on pear leak siteDomain & hosting
0 public hostnames registered 1997 AS53831 · SQUARESPACE no blocklist hitsAlso analysed: www.macfarlan.com
macfarlan.com sends visitors to www.macfarlan.com. Same registered domain, so the mail, DNS, lookalike and breach findings above apply to it unchanged; these are its own website checks.
score 78/100 · fair TLS TLSv1.3 85d to expiry HTTPS redirect ✓ HSTS weak CSP ✗ 2 open ports 0 KEVRansomware leak-site listings (1)
This domain is named on the public leak site of a ransomware group. A leak-site post is a claim published by the group — not a verified fact, and not a statement by this organization. Groups list victims who did not pay, overstate what they hold, and occasionally name the wrong company. What is certain is that the listing itself is public.
| Group | Listed | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| pear | 2026-10-16 | Financial Services |
Leak-site postings are collected here from 2026-07-30 onwards; an earlier listing would not appear above.
Source: Ransomware.live
Lookalike domains (4 registered of 110 checked)
Registered permutations of this domain. Existence is a fact, not an accusation — ownership and intent are not assessed. Those able to receive mail are the ones usable for invoice fraud and phishing. The Risk score (0–100) is a published formula weighing mail capability, registration age, spelling, what the homepage shows and phishing-feed hits, reduced when a name looks brand-owned (same registrar/nameservers, a redirect to this domain) or merely parked. How this is calculated.
| Domain | Type | Mail-capable | Registered | Risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| macfarlan.net | tld | yes | 2015-03-05 (4253d) | 66 high |
| macfarlan.co | tld | yes | — | 66 high |
| mcfarlan.com | omission | yes | 1999-12-07 (9820d) | 58 high |
1 further registered lookalike(s), 4 of them able to receive mail. The full list, with mail capability for each, is part of the complete audit.
Recommendations
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highEnforce DMARC
No enforcing DMARC policy was observed. Publish a DMARC record and move to p=quarantine then p=reject to reduce spoofing.
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mediumEnable DKIM
No DKIM record was found on common selectors. Enable DKIM signing.
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mediumEnable DNSSEC
DNSSEC signing was not detected for this domain.
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criticalTreat data published on a leak site as disclosed
This domain is named on pear's public leak site on 2026-10-16. A leak-site post is a claim published by the group, not a verified fact — but the post itself is public, and if it is accurate the data is already out. Confirm the claim, then work from the assumption of disclosure: rotate every credential that touched the affected systems, invalidate active sessions, and check your notification duties under GDPR Art. 33/34.
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highMonitor lookalike domains
4 registered lookalike domain(s) can receive mail, which is what makes them usable for invoice fraud and credential phishing. Monitor them and consider defensive registrations.
Sources: Ransomware.live · Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0) · Shodan InternetDB
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