A 2023 survey of working adults and IT professionals worldwide revealed that Microsoft was the brand most frequently abused in cyberattacks. In 2023, around ** million cyberattack messages impersonated Microsoft's brand name. Adobe ranked second, with *** million messages involving the brand in the examined year.
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Proofpoint. (March 31, 2024). Worldwide brand names most frequently abused in cyberattacks in 2023 (in million) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 13, 2026, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1376268/cyber-attack-global-firms-by-type/
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Proofpoint. (2024). Worldwide brand names most frequently abused in cyberattacks in 2023 (in million). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 13, 2026. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1376268/cyber-attack-global-firms-by-type/
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