What is the most imitated brand in phishing attacks?

In the second quarter of this year, Microsoft was the brand that cyber criminals most often chose to pose as in phishing attacks.

According to Check Point’s Threat Intelligence division, the brand was used in 29 percent of brand phishing attempts, raising it from third place last quarter.

In second place was Google at 19.5 percent and Apple in third at 5.2 percent. Wells Fargo and Amazon rounded out the top five at 4.2 percent and 4 percent, respectively.

“While the most impersonated brands move around quarter to quarter, the tactics that cyber criminals use scarcely do,” said Check Point Software Data Group Manager Omer Dembinsky.