More than half of all recorded phishing assaults perpetrated during the first three months of the year involved cybercriminals pretending to send digital messages from LinkedIn, the social media platform division of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT).
What Happened: According to the Q1 Brand Phishing Report published by Check Point Research, a division of the cybersecurity company Check Point Software (NASDAQ:CHKP), 52% of phishing attacks during the first quarter were camouflaged as emails from LinkedIn.
