"Phishers Targeted Financial Services Most During H1 2022"

Security researchers at Vade discovered that banks received the largest share of phishing attacks during the first half of 2022.  The researchers also found that attackers were most likely to send their phishing emails on weekdays, with most arriving between Monday and Wednesday.  Attacks tapered off towards the end of the week.  The researchers noted that while financial services scored highest on a per-sector basis, Microsoft was the most impersonated brand overall.  The researchers stated that Microsoft 365 cloud productivity services are a huge draw for cybercriminals hoping to access accounts using phishing attacks.  Cloud services were the second most targeted sector by phishing attackers, and Microsoft was by far the most targeted cloud services company.  The next most popular cloud service provider target for phishing attackers was rival Google, which ranked tenth in the list of most-phished companies.  The researchers noted that Telecommunications was the third most-phished sector.  This sector and cloud services combined accounted for 19% of all unique phishing URLs detected during the period.

Infosecurity reports: "Phishers Targeted Financial Services Most During H1 2022"