A Comprehensive Report on Emerging Phishing Exploitation Techniques, Exploration and Mitigation Strategies | Internship Task
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Title: Report on Emerging Exploitation Techniques, Exploration and Mitigation Strategies
Dated: 17th Oct, 2023
Prepared by: Hummab Rabbia
Position: Cybersecurity Intern
Chosen Category: “Phishing”
Table of Contents
Phase 1 Exploitation Techniques
- Identification
- Technique Analysis
- Vulnerabilities Targeted
- Real-World Examples
Phase 2 Exploration and Mitigation Strategies
- Mitigation Techniques
- Countermeasures
- Emerging Solutions
Phase 1: Research on Exploitation Techniques
- Identification
Definition:
Phishing is the practice of sending fraudulent communications that appear to come from a legitimate and reputable source, usually through email and text messaging. The attacker's goal is to steal money, gain access to sensitive data and login information, or to install malware on the victim's device. The term comes from the word “fishing” and is an analogy to how these attacks cast a wide net — mostly through emails — designed to make users think they are a trusted party.
- Technique Analysis
How does phishing work?
Phishing works by luring a victim with legitimate-looking (but fraudulent) emails or other communication from a trusted (or sometimes seemingly desperate) sender who coaxes victims into providing confidential information—often on what looks to be a convincingly legitimate website. Sometimes malware or ransomware is also downloaded onto the victim's computer.
- Phishers frequently use tactics like fear, curiosity, a sense of urgency, and greed to compel recipients to open attachments or click on links.
- Phishing attacks are designed to appear to come from legitimate companies and individuals.
- Cybercriminals are continuously innovating and using increasingly sophisticated techniques, including spear phishing (an attack directed at a specific person or group) and other strategies, to trick users into clicking or tapping.
- It only takes one successful phishing attack to compromise your network and steal your data, which is why it is always important to think before you click
Types:
1. Bulk Email Phishing is the most common type of phishing attack. A scammer creates an email message that appears to come from a large, well-known legitimate business or organization—a national or global bank, a large online retailer, the makers of a popular software application or app—and sends the message to millions of recipients. Bulk email phishing is a numbers game: The larger or more popular the impersonated sender, the more recipients who are likely to customers, subscribers or members. For example, recipients might be directed to ‘click here to update your profile', but the underlying hyperlink takes them to a fake website that tricks them into entering their actual login credentials as part of the profile update process. Or they may be told to open an attachment that appears to be legitimate (e.g., 'invoice20.xlsx') but that delivers malware or malicious code to the recipient's device or network.
2. Spear phishing is a phishing attack that targets a specific individual—usually a person who has privileged access to sensitive data or network resources, or special authority that the scammer can exploit for fraudulent or nefarious purposes. A spear phisher studies the target to gather information needed to pose as a person or entity the target truly trusts—a friend, boss, co-worker, colleague, trusted vendor or financial institution—or to pose as the target individual. Social media and social networking sites—where people publicly congratulate coworkers, endorse colleagues and vendors, and tend to overshare about meetings or events or travel plans—have become rich sources of information for spear phishing research. With this information the spear phisher can send a message containing specific personal details or financial information and a credible request to the target—as in, 'I know you're leaving tonight for vacation—but can you please pay this invoice (or transfer USDXXX.XX to this account) before close of business today?' Spear phishing attack aimed a C-level executive, a wealthy individual or some other high-value target is often called a whale phishing or whaling attack.
3. SMS Phishing: is phishing using mobile or smartphone text messages. The most effective smishing schemes are contextual—that is, related to smartphone account management or apps. For example, recipients may receive a text message offering a gift as 'thanks' for paying a wireless bill, or asking them to update their credit card information in order to continue using a streaming media service.
4. Voice Phishing, or Vishing: is phishing via phone call. Thanks to voice over IP (VoIP) technology, scammers can make millions of automated vishing calls per day; they often use caller ID spoofing to make their calls appear as if they're made from legitimate organizations or local phone numbers. Vishing calls typically scare recipients with warnings of credit card processing problems, overdue payments or trouble with the IRS. Callers who respond end up providing sensitive data to people working for the cybercriminals; some even end up granting remote control of their computers to the scammers on the other end of the phone call.
5. Social Media Phishing employs various capabilities of a social media platform to phish for members' sensitive information. Scammers use the platforms' own messaging capabilities— e.g., Facebook Messenger, LinkedIn messaging or InMail, Twitter DMs—in much the same ways they use regular email and text messaging. They also send users phishing emails that appear to come from the social networking site, asking recipients to update login credentials or payment information. These attacks can be especially costly to victims who use the same login credentials across multiple social media sites, an all-too-common 'worst practice'.
Methods:
1. Link Manipulation: The most common types of phishing attacks are designed to convince users to click on a malicious link in a fraudulent email. It may redirect the person to a rogue website that will urge the person to divulge a password, credit card number, or other pieces of identifying information. Phishing emails can be tricky to detect because of link manipulation. Hackers will disguise their malicious URLs inside of an HTML hyperlink that will have a label that looks to be harmless. If you hover over the hyperlink in your mail application, you will be able to see the true URL hiding.
2. Filter Evasion: Every top email provider or client application includes a junk mail filter tool that automatically scans incoming messages and flag ones that have a high likelihood of being malicious in nature. Hackers realize this and design their phishing attacks to circumvent the blocks. The most common tactic in filter evasion is for the hackers to embed links or text within table cells instead of in plain HTML text. This makes it harder for the filter scans to treat the text as a regular string of characters and may allow the message to slip through the cracks.
3. Website Forgery: Links from these types of phishing emails often lead to suspicious websites that will attempt to clone pages from a reputable company, including banks and retailers. The hacker will design their website with forged content that may disguise the URL in the browser or the SSL certificate.
4. Covert Redirect: Even if you verify that a link from an email points to the proper URL, it does not mean that clicking on it is safe. Due to a vulnerability known as a covert redirect, hackers are able to exploit an authentication method on certain websites and introduce a pop-up window that is capable of stealing your username and password.
5. Social Engineering: The concept of social engineering covers a range of scenarios where a cybercriminal tries to gain your trust in order to steal credentials or other identifying information. Such an attack usually involves psychological manipulation, or even establish real-world relationships built over time that carry over into the online space and result in the victim developing trust of the attacker.
Tools:
Phishing is where a malicious attacker assumes a false identity to fool unsuspecting employees or online users into revealing sensitive information. A phishing simulation tool is a test version of this that shows the strength of your security protocols and your employees’ level of awareness. In a phishing simulation, an email designed to look and read like a real phishing attack is sent to your employees to see how many click or interact with it versus how many report it through the correct channels.
But the difference is intent. attackers use such tools for nefarious purposes like phishing.
1. Infosec IQ Infosec IQ by Infosec includes a free Phishing Risk Test that allows you to launch a simulated phishing campaign automatically and receive your organization’s phishing rate in 24 hours. You can also access Infosec IQ’s full-scale phishing simulation tool, PhishSim, to run sophisticated simulations for your entire organization. PhishSim contains 1,000+ phishing templates, attachments and data entry landing pages. PhishSim templates are added weekly, allowing you to educate employees on the most topical phishing scams. Want to build your own phishing emails? PhishSim has a drag-and-drop template builder so you can build your phishing campaigns to your exact specification..
2. Gophish As an open-source phishing platform, Gophish gets it right. Most operating systems support it, installation is as simple as downloading and extracting a ZIP folder, the interface is simple and intuitive, and the features, while limited, are thoughtfully implemented. Users are easily added, either manually or via bulk CSV importing. Email templates are easy to create (there aren’t any included, though, with a community-supported repository initiated) and modifying (using variables allows for easy personalization) creating campaigns is a straightforward process. Reports are pleasant to look at and can be exported to CSV format with various levels of detail. Major drawbacks: no awareness education components and no campaign scheduling options.
3. LUCY LUCY provides a hassle-free download of the platform's free (community) version. The web interface is attractive (if a bit confusing), and there are a lot of features to explore: LUCY is designed as a social engineering platform that goes beyond phishing. The awareness element is addressed with interactive modules and quizzes, but the community version of LUCY has too many limitations to be effectively used in an enterprise environment. Some important features are unavailable under community license, such as exporting campaign stats, performing file (attachment) attacks, and, most importantly, campaign scheduling options. With that, the free version of LUCY gives you a taste of what the paid version is capable of but doesn’t go much further.
4. SpeedPhish Framework (SPF) Created by Adam Compton. SPF includes many features that allow you to quickly configure and perform effective phishing attacks, including data entry attack vectors website templates are included, with the possibility of using custom templates as well). While a tech-savvy security professional can have a lot of fun with SPF and will be able to run phishing campaigns against multiple targets, it is still mainly a pentesting tool, with many great features (such as email address gathering) being of little importance for someone performing internal phishing tests.
5. Social-Engineer Toolkit (SET) Developed by TrustedSec, SET was designed for performing various social engineering attacks. For phishing, SET allows for sending spear-phishing emails, running mass mailer campaigns, and some more advanced options, such as flagging your message with high importance and adding a list of target emails from a file. SET is Python based, with no GUI. As a penetration testing tool, it is very effective. As a phishing simulation tool, it is very limited and includes no reporting or campaign management features.
6. Phishing Frenzy While this open-source Ruby on Rails application is designed as a penetration testing tool, it has many features that could make it an effective solution for internal phishing campaigns. Perhaps the most important feature is the ability to view detailed campaign stats and easily save the information to a PDF or an XML file. You can probably guess the “however” part that’s coming up: Phishing Frenzy is a Linux-based application, with installation not to be handled by a rookie.
7. Usecure - uPhish: uPhish is a component of the Usecure suite that focuses on addressing the growing threat of phishing attacks. A free phishing simulation can be launched as part of a 14-day free trial to the uPhish platform, which consists of a range of phishing templates that can be customized to mimic real-world attack scenarios. These simulated phishing campaigns help organizations assess their vulnerability to such attacks and identify areas that require improvement. Additionally, uPhish provides detailed analytics and reports to measure employee progress.
8. Sophos - Sophos Phish Threat: Sophos Phish Threat is a security solution that helps organizations protect themselves against phishing attacks. Users must set up a free trial to learn more about simulated phishing campaigns. Sophos Phish Threat provides real-time reporting and analytics, which enables businesses to track their progress and identify trends in phishing attacks. They can use these insights to strengthen security measures and keep up with evolving threats.
9. King Phisher: King Phisher’s features are plentiful, including the ability to run multiple campaigns simultaneously, geolocation of phished users and web cloning capabilities. A separate template repository contains templates for both messages and server pages. The user interface is clean and simple. What is not that simple, however, is installation and configuration. King Fisher server is only supported on Linux, with additional installation and configuration steps required depending on the flavor and existing configuration. However, it is no longer being maintained as of November 2022.
- Vulnerabilities Targeted
Phishing is effective because it exploits the vulnerabilities of systems and human nature including a tendency to trust others, act out of curiosity, or respond emotionally to urgent messages. Hackers attack both digital infrastructure and individuals to successfully enter or compromise a system. Phishing and Malicious Website attacks target individuals to enter a system. Here they exploit common human behavior to execute these attacks. Due to this it is an operational imperative for organizations to educate and train their employees about such attacks. On the other hand, hackers can also exploit vulnerabilities in the digital infrastructure through hardware, software, and networks to execute their attacks. Companies are often unaware of such vulnerabilities in their infrastructure.
1. System Vulnerabilities:
Network Scans and Exploitation Network scans can detect vulnerabilities in a digital infrastructure. It is a part of cybersecurity to discover said vulnerabilities, but as such these scans can also be used by hackers for the same purpose. The difference is intent. Hackers want to exploit the vulnerabilities instead of fixing them. A hacker will scan through the digital infrastructure of a company to look for vulnerabilities. Hackers will then usually exploit vulnerabilities in communication channels, database access, and open-source software. These vulnerabilities serve as cyber-attack surfaces and entry points for hackers.
The 2023 Open Source Security and Risk Analysis Report by Synopsys highlighted that 84% of code bases (collections of source code used to build a particular software system) have opensource vulnerabilities. With GitHub stating in their 2022 Octoverse report that 90% of companies rely on open source code, such vulnerabilities leave digital infrastructure open to exploitation. A complex digital infrastructure may contain several vulnerabilities in software, cloud, operating systems, servers, communication channels, mobile devices, and so on.
The 2022 State of Attack Surface Management Report from Randori highlights that 69% of data breach attacks can be attributed to vulnerable internet-facing assets. Hackers use such gaps to introduce malware and ransomware into a company’s digital infrastructure, where, once the hackers get access to the data, allows them to encrypt it and demand a ransom. IBM’s Cost of Data Breach Report 2022 states that 83% of organizations fell victim to more than one data breach attack in the previous year.
Drive-by Downloads:
A drive-by download is a download that is automatically triggered without the user’s permission. The downloaded item can be an unwanted program/application or malware. Hackers can attack a website and implant malicious code there. Once this code is installed, it can infect all those who visit the website. These scripts are automatically downloaded onto the device to execute spyware, malware, or ransomware. This type of attack can be used by hackers to target a specific group of people or an organisation. The hackers would identify websites commonly used by those they wish to target. They then find vulnerabilities to exploit, in the often visited website, and implant a script on it. When the targets visit that website, it executes the drive-by download script automatically. These programs are installed on the user’s device without their consent. Hackers can also use phishing attacks through emails or social media messages to bait targets to open a compromised website. They can also target intended downloads and attach malicious applications as hidden payloads.
Once they are on your device, these programs can do a lot of damage executing encryption, installing spyware, extracting data, infecting other devices, and more.
Wi-Fi Attacks:
A Wi-Fi attack targets wireless system information and wireless networks. This type of cyber attack hits the Wi-Fi network to compromise the network itself or the devices connected to it. Hackers can attack a company’s Wi-Fi network using several methods such as Sniffing, Spoofing, Wardriving, and Encryption Cracking. These methods exploit the vulnerabilities in hardware, software, encryption, and accessibility to conduct attacks. Through these attacks, hackers can intercept the data transmitted between a device and a router. If the company’s Wi-Fi network gets compromised, hackers can access data from all the devices connected to that network. Hackers can also use a proxy Wi-Fi network that has the same Service Set Identifier (SSID) as the actual router. Most devices automatically connect to previously connected Wi-Fi networks and hackers exploit these features using a stronger proxy network. Once the devices are connected to the fake network, hackers can access all traffic that passes through the router. Although most of the data transmitted through Wi-Fi networks is encrypted, hackers can use a variety of brute-force software to decrypt the data. They can also run similar programs to directly attack a Wi-Fi router to gain a decryption key or access passwords. They can then exploit all the devices connected to the Wi-Fi network.
2. Human Nature Vulnerabilities:
Various aspects of the human psyche play a major role in phishing victimization and specified several psychological states and factors that are mainly targeted by phishers which may lead a user to comply with the instructions given as part of the phishing attempt. These include:
i) Reciprocation: where potential victims are more likely to comply with malicious instructions when they have a feeling of gratitude towards the phisher and feel that they are granting a favor to one in need.
ii) Consistency and commitment: Since people like to be seen as trustworthy by fulfilling promises. If this trait is targeted by the phisher, to make one feel that he has made a promise, then it is possible that the person may comply with the phisher’s instructions and demands.
iii) Social proof: People may be deceived more easily if they are provided with persuasive evidence, such as being convinced that one is not alone in doing something and everyone else is doing the same thing, so that trapping a victim becomes more likely.
iv) Liking: Using the emotion of liking someone is often exploited as a tool by phishers, because people more readily comply with someone they like. If a phisher manages to masquerade as a person the victim likes, the phishing attempt could succeed.
v) Authority: People generally comply with authority, since being a responsible citizen usually means complying with an authorized person. So, if a phisher manages to appear authoritative, he can use the victim’s tendency to comply with the demands of an authority to manipulate him.
vi) Scarcity: If a phisher manages to convince his target that something he wants is in short supply and will not be available afterwards, then it is more likely that the victim may comply with the phisher’s instructions.
- Real-world Examples
1. Account Deactivation: An email from PayPal arrives telling the victim that their account has been compromised and will be deactivated unless they confirm their credit card details. The link in the phishing email takes the victim to a fake PayPal website, and the stolen credit card information is used to commit further crimes.
2. Compromised Credit Card: The cyber criminal knows the victim made a recent purchase at Apple, for example, and sends an email disguised to look like it is from Apple customer support. The email tells the victim that their credit card information might have been compromised and to confirm their credit card details to protect their account.
3. Transfer Funds: An urgent email arrives from the company CEO, who is currently traveling. The email asks the recipient to help the CEO transfer funds to a foreign partner. This phishing email tells the victim that the fund request is urgent and necessary to secure the new partnership. The victim doesn’t hesitate to transfer the funds, believing she is helping both the company and the CEO. Report on Emerging Exploitation Techniques, Exploration and Mitigation Strategies
4. Social Media Request: A Facebook friend request arrives from someone who has the same Facebook friends as you. You don’t immediately recognize the person but assume the request is legitimate because of the friends in common. This new friend then sends you a Facebook message with a link to a video that, when clicked, installs malware on your computer and potentially the company network.
5. Fake Google Docs Login: A cyber criminal creates a fake Google Docs login page and then sends a phishing email to trick someone into logging into the faked website. The email might read something like, “We’ve updated our login credential policy. Please confirm your account by logging into Google Docs.” The sender’s email is a faked Google email address, accountupdate@google.org.com.
6. Company Tech Support Request: Employees receive an email from corporate IT asking them to install new instant messaging software. The email looks real. However, a spoofed email address is used support@acme.com instead of internalsupport@acme.com. When employees install the software, ransomware is installed on the company network. These phishing attack examples highlight how easy it is to be tricked by an email. The more familiar people are with how phishing happens, the easier it is to foster a cyber-aware culture
7. Microsoft Azure Services Vulnerable To SSRF On January 17, 2023, four vulnerabilities in Microsoft Azure services were vulnerable to serverside request forgery (SSRF) attacks. Services included Azure API Management, Azure Functions, Azure Machine Learning, and Azure Digital Twins.
8. Inside Slack’s GitHub Account Hack On December 29, 2022, Slack became a victim to a hacker. The threat actor had also downloaded private code repositories on December 27, but neither Slack’s primary codebase nor were any customer data included in the downloaded repositories.
9. Linux Malware Targets 30+ WordPress Plugins A Linux backdoor malware has been discovered that has the capabilities to exploit around 30 WordPress plugins with the goal to inject malicious JavaScript code and make user redirects to harmful, malicious, phishing sites created by the attackers.
10. Data Of 228 Million Deezer Users Stolen On November 6th, 2022, a hacker posted on a forum a 60GB CSV file containing personal information including that of the 228 million Deezer members.
Phase 2: Exploration and Mitigation
- Mitigation Techniques
Email filters: Analyze multiple aspects of an email, such as sender, subject line, content, attachments, and embedded links, to identify threats, mark suspicious emails as spam, and delete or block them.
Anti-virus software: These can help to identify and block malicious attachments or links in emails that lead to phishing websites. It uses signature-based detection to match known threats and heuristics to identify new, unknown threats. It can also scan incoming emails for malware or other malicious code that may be used in phishing attacks.
Two-factor authentication (2FA): Add a layer of security to the login process by requiring users to provide two forms of identification to access their account (say, a password and biometrics). This makes it harder for an attacker to gain access to an account even if they’ve obtained the user’s password, helping to prevent impersonation, a common technique used in phishing attacks.
SMS-based authentication: It is a type of 2FA that uses text messages sent to a user’s phone to add a layer of security to the login process. It requires users to enter a unique code sent to their mobile device and a password to access their account.
Browser extensions: Use databases of known phishing sites and heuristics to analyze websites in real time and determine if they’re safe to visit. It warns users when they navigate a potentially malicious site so they can exit it before entering sensitive information, making a fraudulent transaction, clicking on a malicious link, or downloading a suspicious attachment.
Firewalls: Control network traffic to prevent unauthorized access to a network. They can be configured to block incoming and outgoing traffic based on criteria such as source IP address, destination IP address, and port number. By blocking traffic from known phishing domains or IP addresses, firewalls can help prevent them from reaching end users.
Security awareness training: Educate employees on how to identify and avoid phishing attempts. Typically, it focuses on how phishing scams work, how to recognize phishing emails and avoid suspicious links or attachments, and how to protect sensitive information through safe online habits such as using strong passwords and 2FA.
Break the Loop: Take a moment to assess urgency in requests; attackers rely on quick responses. Ring the official number or use the official website instead of providing information over the phone or through links. Verification through alternative communication methods, like texting, adds a layer of security.
Ask for ID: Always request identification to thwart physical and digital social engineering. Whether entering a building or responding to requests for information, ask for details and verify against official sources. If uncertain, defer responses until cross-checking with relevant authorities.
Use a Good Spam Filter: Enhance email security by adjusting spam filter settings. Effective filters analyze various factors such as suspicious links, sender IDs, and content. Regular updates to blacklists and monitoring for unusual patterns contribute to a robust defense against phishing and social engineering attempts
Is this Realistic?: Evaluate the realism of scenarios in social engineering attempts. Consider alternative communication methods; friends in distress might call or text. Question the feasibility of improbable situations, like unexpected windfalls or banks requesting sensitive information. Verification through known channels helps expose deceptive schemes.
Don't Go Too Fast: Recognize and resist pressure tactics employed by social engineers. When faced with urgency, intentionally slow down the interaction. Request time for verification, consultation with colleagues, or gathering necessary information. Slowing the process denies attackers the advantage of rushed decision-making.
Protect Your System from Malicious Websites:
o Check the URL in detail before opening the website.
o Use browser security tools such as Microsoft Edge, Norton Safe Search, AVG LinkScanner, etc.
o Use network filtering and firewall protection software such as Cisco Umbrella, WebTitan Cloud, NG Firewall, etc.
Prevent Network Scan Attacks:
o Conduct periodic vulnerability analysis. o Identify and fix the vulnerabilities before the hackers find them.
o Implement zero trust policy for access control.
o Use intrusion detection system (IDS) and intrusion prevention system (IPS) such as Cisco NGIPS, Trellix Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR), etc.
o Assess whether cloud security posture management tools might help you identify risks in your cloud infrastructure.
Prevent Drive-by Downloads:
o Use tools for browser security, network filtering, and firewall protection.
o Keep cybersecurity software updated.
o Do not allow auto-downloads to any website.
o Do not use unlicensed software and applications.
o Allow anti-virus and anti-malware software to scan all downloads. o Conduct periodic scans to identify malware in your system.
Prevent Wi-Fi Attacks on Your System:
o Use strong admin credentials for the router and keep changing it periodically
o Ensure your Wi-Fi network has a strong encryption.
o Update the router software regularly.
o Do not broadcast your organization’s Wi-Fi network as a Service Set Identifier (SSID).
o Control the Wi-Fi range to the office’s area.
o Enable MAC filtering to identify and control the devices connected to the network.
- Countermeasures
SafeTitan – Security awareness and phishing training Security Awareness and Phishing Training is a comprehensive program designed to equip people with the knowledge and skills to protect themselves from cyber threats. This training covers various topics, including identifying phishing attempts, understanding common phishing techniques and best practices for securing personal information online. The program uses interactive modules and real-life scenarios to engage learners and reinforce key concepts.
Phished.io – Phishing and smishing simulations Phished.io is a comprehensive phishing and smishing simulation platform that helps organizations strengthen cybersecurity defenses. It offers a range of simulated attacks, including phishing emails and text messages, to test the awareness and vulnerability of employees. These simulated attacks are designed to mimic real-world phishing and smishing attempts, providing a realistic training experience. The platform also provides detailed analytics and reporting.
Phishingbox - Phishing simulator Phishingbox is a brand that specializes in providing phishing simulators. A phishing simulator is a tool that helps organizations test and strengthen their defenses against phishing attacks. It simulates different types of phishing attacks, such as emails, links or attachments, in a controlled and safe environment. Phishing box offers a range of features and options to suit the needs of different organizations. They provide user-friendly interfaces, customizable templates and detailed reporting.
Anti-Phishing Softwares
i) Barracuda Impersonation Protection (formerly Barracuda Sentinel) Barracuda Impersonation Protection uses AI and ML to detect and block email-based attacks targeting businesses, including corporate email compromise and employee account takeover. It is best for Enterprise users.
ii) Memcyco It protects end users outside the traditional corporate security perimeter, going beyond what most phishing protections offer by protecting all end users, including customers, from fraud. It uses ML and AI to detect and block phishing attempts by warning victims of potential fraud in real-time. Additionally, a unique, non-forgeable watermark enables users to visually discern between authentic and fake digital sites in a non-intrusive way, leading to more confident online engagement. The solution includes incident response and forensic analysis capabilities for security and fraud teams. Organizations of all sizes looking for a comprehensive phishing protection solution that is effective inside and outside their corporate environment.
iii) Avanan by CheckPoint It uses AI and ML to enable site-wide protection for cloud solutions. Its one-click API prevents corporate email compromise by blocking phishing, malware, data leakage, and employee account takeover attempts across the organization. Companies looking for a one-size-fits-all solution for their cloud platform and corporate email protection.
iv) Cofense Managed Phishing Defense & Response: It focuses on blocking phishing threats using AI and ML for automated detection and response. It includes access to a professional phishing threat analysis team that constantly analyzes new threats and provides organizations with the data they collect. Larger organizations with inhouse security teams and analysts looking for a solution that will work hand in hand with their current investments to protect employee.
v) IRONSCALES: It uses a combination of AI and human ingenuity to detect various threats in real-time, such as corporate credential theft on fake login pages where victims of phishing emails might reveal personal information leading to account takeover. Organizations with limited IT resources that require an automated solution to detect threats against employees in real-time.
vi) KnowBe4: It emphasizes employee awareness over being a traditional security platform, providing employee awareness programs and simulated phishing attacks to test employee knowledge. It also includes incident response and forensic analysis capabilities. Custom ML modules support the different stages of a phishing attack. For example, PhishER processes user-reported phishing and other suspicious emails by grouping and categorizing them based on rules, tags, and actions. Meanwhile, PhishRIP quarantines suspicious messages still sitting in mailboxes across the entire organization. PhishFlip turns phishing emails into training opportunities by Report on Emerging Exploitation Techniques, Exploration and Mitigation Strategies flipping them into simulated phishing campaigns. Organizations looking to implement employee phishing awareness programs.
vii) Mimecast: Mimecast is a cloud-based email solution using AI and ML to defend corporate emails from various threats, including spam, phishing, malware, URL, and malicious attachments. Organizations receiving large amounts of email communication that require a general filter for phishing, spam, and other attacks against employees.
viii) Cybeready: It offers an autonomous security awareness program platform built for enterprises. It includes new courses regularly, phishing simulations, and a compliance tool. Enterprises in the banking, manufacturing, and pharmaceutical industries looking to establish security training as a regular practice
ix)Valimail It provides DMARC-as-a-service and hosted DMARC (domain-based message authentication reporting and conformance). The solutions authenticate sender identity, stopping impersonation attacks and protecting brands. The company also holds leadership positions in key email authentication standards bodies to promote trust and safety in the email ecosystem. Smaller companies who want to understand their overall email security posture
xi) Trustify: It offers a selection of corporate email security solutions that organizations can customize to fit their security and compliance needs. It provides security for inbound and outbound emails from a single vendor, AI-based behavior detection, account compromise detection, and archiving features with customizable access controls and permissions. Organizations that share sensitive information via email to support daily operations.
- Emerging Solutions AI-Based Anti-Phishing Solutions:
1. Visual-AI:
Our phishing detection Visual-AI was developed to be integrated and work in harmony with a platform’s existing AI-based detection methods. Providing an early warning system that detects high-risk brands and other visual factors in emails and websites. Built on a dedicated and proprietary technology stack that can provide instant analysis and detection. No buzzwords or Report on Emerging Exploitation Techniques, Exploration and Mitigation Strategies impossible promises, only results that are trusted by some of the leading anti phishing/ cybersecurity platforms in the world.
2. Google:
On their platform, phishing attacks have been successfully detected and stopped by Google’s machine learning-based anti-phishing solution. To detect phishing attempts, their algorithms examine different aspects of an email, such as the sender address, message content, and visual elements.
3. Microsoft:
Microsoft’s Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) analyzes network and email data using artificial intelligence to find and stop phishing attacks. Their system has been effective in preventing sophisticated phishing attacks that deceive users using social engineering techniques.
4. Cofense:
Using machine learning algorithms to analyze email data and identify phishing attacks, Cofense is a leading provider of anti-phishing solutions. Due to the platform’s success in detecting and halting phishing attacks in real time, potential data breaches have been avoided.
5. Ironscales:
Ironscales is an additional anti-phishing tool that recognizes and responds to phishing attacks using machine learning algorithms. Their platform employs NLP algorithms to scan email content for questionable wording or phrases and flag them for further inspection.
6. Northdoor:
Northdoor offers next-generation phishing protection with an AI-powered anti-phishing solution that intelligently adapts to the evolving threat, enhancing protection while reducing the strain on IT staff and users.
7. Graphus:
It is an AI-driven email security platform that focuses on preventing phishing attacks, account takeovers and BEC scams. TrustGraph is a notable feature that analyzes relationships and communication patterns to identify anomalies and potential threats.
8. Avanan, by CheckPoint
It uses AI and ML to enable site-wide protection for cloud solutions. Its one-click API prevents corporate email compromise by blocking phishing, malware, data leakage, and employee Report on Emerging Exploitation Techniques, Exploration and Mitigation Strategies account takeover attempts across the organization. Companies looking for a one-size-fits-all solution for their cloud platform and corporate email protection.
9. Tessian:
It has a context-aware AI-based defense that detects and prevents email attacks. It uses a blend of machine learning and heuristic models to automatically determine if emails contain security threats based on Tessian Data Layer, Content X-Ray and Behavioural Analytics insights. This means that it can do deep content inspection, behavior analysis and get threat intelligence insights from multiple sources to detect anomalies and malicious emails.
10. Vade:
It is a cybersecurity company that leverages AI algorithms and analyzes billions of data points to detect and block malicious emails in real-time. Their threat detection capabilities also enable them to identify new and evolving email threats.
11. Proofpoint:
It is a comprehensive email security solution to effectively block unwanted, malicious and impersonating emails. Its AI engine analyzes and classifies content and allows it to prioritize its protection. It also has the ability to detect BEC or malware-free threats using machine learning imposter classifiers.
References:
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/email-security/what-isphishing.html#~what-is-phishing
https://www.ibm.com/topics/phishing
https://www.msp360.com/resources/blog/types-of-phishing/
https://resources.infosecinstitute.com/topics/phishing/top-9-free-phishing-simulators/
https://info.cybertecsecurity.com/how-do-hackers-enter-your-system-exploitingvulnerabilities-in-2023
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2209/2209.11197.pdf
https://terranovasecurity.com/top-examples-of-phishing-emails/
https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/how-to-avoid-social-engineering-attacks
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