Security News > 2022 > March > The most impersonated brands in phishing attacks

Vade announced its annual ranking of the top 20 most impersonated brands in phishing.

With six brands in the top 20, financial services was the most impersonated industry of 2021, representing 35% of all phishing pages, rising sharply based on its place at 28% in 2020.

Microsoft is the second most impersonated brand in phishing attacks and the #1 most impersonated cloud brand, coming in just slightly behind Facebook.

The report found that Microsoft phishing attacks sharply increased in sophistication in 2021, with a June attack leveraging automation to populate corporate logos and branding onto Microsoft 365 phishing pages.

Despite other social media brands lagging behind Facebook on the list, social media brands overall represented 24% of all phishing pages, compared to 13% in 2020.

Additional key findings 35% of all phishing pages impersonated financial services brands.

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