It seems that for 2020, online fraudsters have preferred to impersonate Microsoft and Zoom companies in order to search for victims through the tactic Phishing.
You've probably seen these emails post officeυ όπου ένας απατεώνας προσποιείται ότι είναι μία συγκεκριμένη εταιρεία, αλλά έχετε αναρωτηθεί ποτέ ποιες εταιρείες έχουν την μεγαλύτερη ζήτηση στις πλαστοπροσωπίες; Όπως αποδεικνύεται, το 2020 ήταν η χρονιά της απάτης που σχετίζεται με τη Microsoft και το Zoom, αφού η πανδημία του COVID-19 άλλαξαν τον τρόπο με τον οποίο χρησιμοποιήσαμε το διαδίκτυο.
Because scammers loved Microsoft and Zoom in 2020.
The AtlasVPN reported about how the scammers worked in 2020 and which companies they chose as a pretext. 69,77 percent of fraudsters accounted for Microsoft, while Zoom came in second with 9,3%.
But why did Microsoft and Zoom take the top spots? If you think of the big events that happened in 2020, the biggest by far was the global spread of COVID-19 and the push for people to work in home.
It seems that the two older ones players on the remote meeting scene for 2020 was Microsoft Teams and Zoom. That's why both companies were preferred by fraudsters.
So in the midst of the panic of users trying to get online, scammers started sending emails that mimicked Microsoft and Zoom. Since there are many users who are still not well versed in technology, they were likely to fall victim to a fake email.
Therefore, it will be interesting to see if Microsoft and Zoom will decline in popularity among scammers, as the COVID-19 pandemic will logically begin to decline in 2021. Microsoft can maintain its position at the top, as Scammers enjoy using the company name for other businesses as well, such as tech support scams.
How long Zoom will report will depend on whether users stay with Zoom or switch to another teleconferencing service. And logically the scammers will move too following the usage statistics.
