This is an infographic created by MailSuite highlighting the brands that phishing scammers impersonate the most in the US, according to the 1.14 million phishing scams reported to the company since January 2020. Is it accurately representative? Maybe, although according to a quick search there’s an estimated 3.4-BILLION phishing emails sent daily by cybercriminals, and over a trillion yearly — accounting for 1.2% of all emails sent. My God. Still, if this chart is accurate, phishers love to prey on aunts and uncles and grandparents by impersonating Facebook. Followed closely behind by everyone’s least favorite brand of all time, the IRS.
