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title: "Amazon Prime Day Leads to Spike in Phishing Attempts"
date: "2020-10-12T09:06:21+00:00"
url: "https://checkmarx.com/in-the-news/amazon-prime-day-leads-to-spike-in-phishing-attempts/"
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# Amazon Prime Day Leads to Spike in Phishing Attempts

Researchers observed a spike in the number of new monthly phishing and fraudulent sites created using the Amazon brand since August, the most significant since the COVID-19 pandemic.