In the list of the most spoofed brands during phishing attempts, Yahoo! rose no less than 23 places during the fourth quarter of 2022. DHL ranks second, followed by Microsoft. This is what emerges from the latest Brand Phishing Report from Check Point Research.
The strong rise of Yahoo! in the rankings is astonishing in that this once popular internet service now represents almost nothing since Verizon absorbed the company in 2017. In Belgium, the search service of Yahoo! moreover completely closed its doors on January 31, as revealed by a visit from Yahoo.com. Still, the brand was behind no less than twenty percent of all phishing attempts in the fourth quarter of 2022.
The targeted technology sector
Cybercriminals exploited the Yahoo! especially to create emails, whose subject lines suggested that the recipient had won a gift or an amount worth several hundred thousand euros from senders such as ‘Awards Promotion’ or ‘Award Center’ . But to receive his reward, the recipient had – obviously – first to enter the necessary personal information and bank details. The damage was thus done!
Overall, the technology sector was most often usurped during the past quarter, followed by messaging services and social networks. DHL was in second place with 16 percent of all brand phishing attempts, while Microsoft was third with 11 percent. LinkedIn also reappeared in the rankings, more precisely in fifth place with 5.7 percent. Here’s what the top ten looked like in the fourth quarter of 2022:
The strong rise of Yahoo! in the rankings is astonishing in that this once popular internet service now represents almost nothing since Verizon absorbed the company in 2017. In Belgium, the search service of Yahoo! closed its doors completely on January 31, as revealed by a visit to Yahoo.com. Still, the brand was behind as many as twenty percent of all phishing attempts in the fourth quarter of 2022. Cybercriminals exploited the Yahoo! especially to create emails, whose subject lines suggested that the recipient had won a gift or an amount worth several hundred thousand euros from senders such as ‘Awards Promotion’ or ‘Award Center’ . But to receive his reward, the recipient had – obviously – first to enter the necessary personal information and bank details. The damage was thus done! In general, the technology sector was most often usurped during the past quarter, followed by messaging services and social networks. DHL was in second place with 16 percent of all brand phishing attempts, while Microsoft was third with 11 percent. LinkedIn also reappeared in the rankings, more precisely in fifth place with 5.7 percent. Here’s what the top ten looked like in the fourth quarter of 2022:
