Trend Micro also thwarted 10,000 malware files and over 4,300 BEC attempts for the same organization in 2020. Trend Micro detected over 6.9 million phishing emails in 2020, a 19% increase from the previous year. Outside of credential phishing, the number of threats in this category increased 41% over the period. COVID-19 was a common enticement, as were well-known brands, such as Netflix, that have become increasingly popular during the pandemic. Attackers were typically looking for personal and financial information to monetize, according to the report. Concerning credential phishing, Trend Micros detected nearly 5.5 million attempts to steal users’ credentials that existing cloud-native security filters allowed through. This was a 14% increase compared to 2019 and accounted for the vast majority of detected phishing emails.