Security News > 2020 > August > Google and Amazon most impersonated brands in phishing attacks
Phishing attacks typically try to lure in victims by impersonating well-known companies, brands, and products.
Released on Tuesday, Check Point's "Brand Phishing Report for Q2 2020" found that Google and Amazon were the most impersonated brands last quarter, each accounting for 13% of the brand phishing campaigns analyzed.
At the same time, Apple dropped from first place in the first quarter of 2020 to seventh place in the second quarter, accounting for only 2% of the brand phishing attacks seen.
Among different attack vectors or platforms, email accounted for 24% of the brand phishing campaigns, with Microsoft, Outlook, and UniCredit the most impersonated.
In one brand phishing campaign spotted by Check Point in late June, attackers tried to imitate the login page of Apple's iCloud service.
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