Area 1 Security Announces the Most Spoofed Brand of 2021: WHO is Back Again?
From Jan. 2021 to Jan. 2022, more than 8.5 million (of 56 million in total) brand phishing emails blocked by Area 1 impersonated the World Health Organization
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2022 March Hackness: The Return of the Phishing Bracket - What 56 Million Emails Reveal about the Most Impersonated Brands
Learn who made the list of the top brands that attackers use in phishing lures. This bracket is based on an analysis of more than 56 million phishing emails blocked by Area 1’s solution in the preceding 12 months since Feb 2022.
Area 1 Security Announces the Most Spoofed Brand of 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic’s influence on phishing and cyberattack lures is clear. Area 1 Security identified over 2 million phishing spoofs that exploited the World Health Organization between May 2020 and February 2021.
Annual March Hackness 2021: The Not-So-Sweet 16 —The Pandemic’s Phishing Influence
The COVID-19 pandemic influenced which brands attackers exploited for phishing campaigns in 2021. For example, the World Health Organization and DocuSign made Area 1 Security’s 2021 March Hackness “Not-so-Sweet 16.”
Annual March Hackness: The Opener — What a Difference a Year Makes in the World of Phishing Attacks
Area 1 has been doing our own Phishing brackets over the past five years. We took a hiatus in 2020 (as did the NCAA), so today, we proudly introduce the 5th Annual March Hackness: The Phishing Tournament.