A frequently asked question in cybersecurity is “What affects me?”. Companies want to know not only what is affecting other companies but what is specifically affecting similar companies in their industry and is therefore likely to affect them. This report looks at data from July 1, 2021, to July 30, 2024 (approximately 3 years). The data focuses on spoofed brands seen in the top 10 industries Cofense provides services for, as well as the context these spoofed brands were seen in. For the top 10 industries there were 14 different spoofed brands.
Breakdown
As can be seen in Figure 1, Microsoft spoofing accounted for the vast majority of the emails seen, taking up 92.87% of the top spoofed brands. The next closest were Adobe and Webmail at 3.53% and 1.62% respectively. The last 11 of the top 14 spoofed brands only accounted for only 2.02% of the total, indicating exactly how often Microsoft, Adobe, and Webmail are being spoofed...read more!
