"Facebook: A Top Launching Pad For Phishing Attacks"

Researchers have found that Facebook has been a top cybercriminal favorite in phishing attacks so far this year.  There were 4.5 million phishing attempts on the social media platform between April and September 2020.  Messenger app WhatsApp is the second-top platform leveraged by attackers (with 3.7 million phishing attempts), followed by Amazon (3.3 million attempts), Apple (3.1 million attempts), and Netflix (2.7 million attempts).  Google’s offerings (including YouTube, Gmail, and Google Drive) took the sixth position, with 1.5 million phishing attempts altogether.

Threatpost reports: "Facebook: A Top Launching Pad For Phishing Attacks"