Phishers forever love Microsoft but Facebook is a close bridesmaid in terms of the most impersonated brand in phishing attacks in H1 2022, according to Vade’s newly released report for the period.Microsoft picked up a total of 11,041 unique phishing URLs, with Facebook close behind at 10,448 URLs, owing to a 177 percent increase in Facebook phishing in Q2, said Vade, a San Francisco-based email security provider.Still, Microsoft’s cloud, with nearly 300 million paid seats to its Office 365 platform, is too enticing for phishers to bypass. The company’s phishing URL’s grew by 266 percent quarter-over-quarter in the first half of this year.
Microsoft No. 1 Phishing Target
The Top 10 phishing targets are:- Microsoft (cloud)
- Facebook (social media)
- Crédit Agricole (financial)
- What’sApp (social media)
- Orange (ISP, telecom)
- AU (ISP, telecom)
- MTB (financial services)
- PayPal (financial services)
- La Banque Postale (financial services)
- Google (cloud)