Microsoft and Amazon most impersonated in email attacks

Nearly two-thirds of all advanced email attacks used emails impersonating Microsoft or Amazon, according to new research by Agari, the email protection specialist. Microsoft was impersonated in 36 percent of all display name impersonation attacks in the third quarter. Amazon was the second most commonly impersonated company, used in 27 percent of these attacks. The pattern differs for high-value targets, such as C-suite executives though, Microsoft was impersonated in 71 percent of these attacks. Dropbox is a distant second at seven percent, followed by United Parcel Service (UPS) at six percent. These attacks often take the form of service updates,… [Continue Reading]