Facebook jumped to the top spot in the 20 most impersonated brands by phishers in 2021, representing 14% of phishing pages, according to Vade’s annual Phishers’ Favorites report.
Microsoft, with 13%, placed second, according to the report, which analyzed full-year phishing data captured by Vade, a company that offers an email filtering service for phishing, malware, spear phishing, and spam.
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