Yahoo was the most impersonated brand by hackers in Q4 2022, a new report shows.
20% of all phishing attempts tracked by researchers falsely used the brand.
- According to the report, hackers sent emails claiming that the recipients had won hundreds of thousands of dollars from various campaigns that Yahoo had organized.
- After acquiring the victim's personal information, the threat actors instructed the recipients not to share that they had won this money with others due to legal reasons.
- DHL, which was the most impersonated company in Q3 2022, dropped to second place.
- The rest of the top 10 most impersonated brands were:
- Microsoft,
- Google,
- LinkedIn,
- Wetransfer,
- Netflix,
- FedEx
- HSBC, and
- WhatsApp.