F-Secure Labs Shares the Top Companies Spoofed in Spam in 2017
(WorldNews Finland)

Social engineering is simple these days, and spam has re-surged as an attack vector. Helsinki, Finland - June 21, 2017: With the decline of exploit kits, spam email has re-emerged as a popular attack vector for spreading malware, frauds and scams. And one trick spammers use to fool recipients is posing as a legitimate company. F-Secure Labs is sharing a list of the top companies email spammers have been spoofing in the first half of 2017. Populated by giants like Apple, Amazon and Microsoft, the list underscores that the bigger the organization, the more attractive it is to use its brand name as bait in spam. `There are so many people that have relationships with these companies, it makes...