Website Security & Threat Management
Area 1 Security Announces the Most Spoofed Brand of 2021: WHO is Back Again?

Area 1 Security Announces the Most Spoofed Brand of 2021: WHO is Back Again?

3/31/2022 · Elaine Dzuba

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This post details Area 1 Security's findings on the most impersonated brands in phishing campaigns for 2021, with the World Health Organization (WHO) being the top offender. It highlights common phishing tactics such as display name spoofing, domain impersonation, and the use of compromised legitimate hosts. The post also discusses the limitations of traditional email authentication methods (SPF, DKIM, DMARC) against sophisticated brand phishing and emphasizes the effectiveness of advanced detection techniques like web crawling and pattern analytics for identifying and mitigating these threats.

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