Security News > 2018 > November > Most impersonated brands in email attacks? Microsoft and Amazon
2018-11-02 06:45
Nearly two-thirds of all advanced email attacks used emails impersonating Microsoft or Amazon, according to new research by Agari. Microsoft was impersonated in 36 percent of all (brand) display name impersonation attacks in the third quarter. Amazon was the second most commonly impersonated company, used in 27 percent of these attacks. Amazon and Microsoft run the largest public cloud computing platforms, which are widely used by companies undergoing digital transformation projects. The pattern was different … More → The post Most impersonated brands in email attacks? Microsoft and Amazon appeared first on Help Net Security.
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