Phishers’ Favorites :

Quarterly and Annual Phishing Reports

Keeping tabs on phishers’ favorite targets

Vade Secure identifies and blocks thousands of phishing emails per day. They impersonate a select group of brands that offer a huge database of potential victims. Each quarter, Vade Secure compiles the most impersonated brands into its Phishers’ Favorites Report. It has become a trusted resource for press, analysts, MSPs, and businesses of all sizes.

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In this eBook, we dig into the data to explore why the top spoofed brands are being targeted and examine real phishing emails hackers used to trick their victims.

Quarterly Reports

Phishers’ Favorites ranks the 25 most impersonated brands in phishing attacks, based on the number of unique phishing URLs detected by Vade secure within the quarter. As we protect 600 million mailboxes in 76 countries, we have a unique view on global email traffic and the phishing campaigns targeting both consumer and corporate email accounts.

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2020

Q3
2020

Phishers’ Favorites Q3 2020: Microsoft Phishing Explodes in Summer Surge

Today, we published our Phishers’ Favorites report for Q3 2020. Now in its 10th edition, Phishers’ Favorites ranks the 25 most ...

Q2
2020

Phishers’ Favorites Q2 2020: Microsoft Is the Most Spoofed Brand, COVID-19 Colored Everything

Today, we published our Phishers’ Favorites report for Q2 2020. Now in its ninth edition, Phishers’ Favorites ranks the 25 most ...

Q1
2020

Phishers’ Favorites: Microsoft reclaims the #1 spot, file phishing spreads, and banks are exploited to harvest email passwords

Today, we published our Phishers’ Favorites report for Q1 2020. Now in its eighth edition, Phishers’ Favorites ranks the 25 most ...

2019

Q4
2019

Phishers’ Favorites: PayPal leads, note phishing increases, and smaller banks become bigger targets

Today, we published our Phishers’ Favorites report for Q4 2019. Now in its seventh edition, Phishers’ Favorites ranks the 25 most ...

Q3
2019

Phishers’ Favorites: After Five Quarters, Microsoft is Unseated by PayPal

Today, we published our Phishers’ Favorites report for Q3 2019. Now in its sixth edition, Phishers’ Favorites ranks the 25 most ...

Q2
2019

Phishers’ Favorites: Microsoft Holds Onto the #1 Spot but Facebook Phishing Surges

Today, we published our Phishers’ Favorites report for Q2 2019. Now in its fifth edition, Phishers’ Favorites ranks the 25 most ...

Q1
2019

Phishers’ Favorites: It’s Lonely at the Top: Microsoft Remains the #1 Impersonated Brand in Phishing Attacks

Today, we published our Phishers’ Favorites report for Q1 2019. Now in its fourth edition, the list highlights the 25 most ...

2018

Q4
2018

Phishers’ Favorites: Microsoft Remains #1 Driven by New Multi-Phased Attacks, while Netflix Claims the #2 Spot with a Big Christmas

Today, we published our Phishers’ Favorites list for Q4 2018. Now in its third edition (check out the Q2 2018 and Q3 2018 lists), ...

Q3
2018

Phishers’ Favorites: Microsoft Retains the #1 Spot as Attacks Grow More Targeted

Today, we’re excited to publish the second edition of Phishers’ Favorites. The quarterly list highlights the 25 most commonly ...

Q2
2018

Microsoft Takes Top Spot in Inaugural Phishers’ Favorites Top 25 List

Today, we’re excited to unveil a new quarterly insights series called Phishers’ Favorites. Inspired by Billboard’s charts of the ...

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