"Microsoft is the Most-Imitated Brand for Phishing Emails"

Researchers at Check Point have found that hackers are impersonating Microsoft and using Microsoft products and services in nearly a fifth of all global brand phishing attacks in the third quarter of this year.  Adversaries are still trying to capitalize on remote workforces created by the coronavirus pandemic.  Behind Microsoft (related to 19 percent of all phishing attempts globally) were: shipping company DHL (9 percent); Google (9 percent); PayPal (6 percent); Netflix (6 percent); Facebook (5 percent); Apple (5 percent); WhatsApp (5 percent); Amazon (4 percent); and Instagram (4 percent).

Threatpost reports: "Microsoft is the Most-Imitated Brand for Phishing Emails"