A 2023 survey of working adults and IT professionals worldwide revealed that Microsoft was the brand most frequently abused in cyberattacks. In 2023, around 68 million cyberattack messages impersonated Microsoft's brand name. Adobe ranked second, with 9.4 million messages involving the brand in the examined year.
Worldwide brand names most frequently abused in cyberattacks in 2023
(in million)
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