Catastrophic events, like a pandemic, coupled with hasty technological change such as many people forced to work from home immediately, have been a rich environment in the past for phishers, who use deception to infect machines with malware, steal credentials, and invade corporate networks. However, malicious actors achieved only a marginal increase in success in 2020, according to a recent report.
Catastrophic events, like a pandemic, coupled with hasty technological change such as many people forced to work from home immediately, have been a rich environment in the past for phishers, who use deception to infect machines with malware, steal credentials, and invade corporate networks. However, malicious actors achieved only a marginal increase in success in 2020, according to a recent report.
Microsoft, Facebook and PayPal are the most phished brands
During 2020 Microsoft maintained its position as the brand most often found in phishing emails, followed by Facebook and PayPal.
Email defense specialist Vade Secure has released its 2020 Phishers Favorites report which also shows that cloud services overtook financial services to become the most impersonated industry, whilst cynical hackers have been quick to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic.
Adrien Gendre, chief product and services officer at Vade Secure, says: Advertisement
Organizations need to be aware that phishers and other threat actors are always looking out for new ways to target them.
Phishing is just one tactic used by hackers and the ever-changing popularity of well-known brands shows how cybercriminals tactics are constantly evolving.
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Vade Secure for Microsoft 365 now available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace
15th January 2021
Vade Secure has announced the availability of Vade Secure for Microsoft 365 as a transactable offer in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace.
Vade Secure for Microsoft 365 is an email security add-on that provides all-round automated protection. Vade’s behavioural engine detects unknown threats and attacks that other filters miss. The engine is continuously improving by ingesting threat intelligence and user feedback reports from one billion protected mailboxes. If a new threat is discovered, Vade’s Auto-Remediate feature will automatically remove it from users’ inboxes, mitigating the attack before it disrupts the business.