Inboxes are constantly under attack. As concluded by PhishMe Research, 91% of cyber attacks start with a phishing email. 76% of organizations say they experienced phishing attacks in 2017(Symantec 2018 ISTR). 92.4% of malware is delivered via email(Verizon 2018 DBIR). The phishing attack is becoming popular not only because it provides direct access to most vulnerable part of the network – the end users, but also because most attackers are automating phishing attacks:)
How to protect your organizations from phishing scams is a challenging problem. Education is the first step. As many employees have been aware of this problem, they may choose to report phishing emails to security team. Hence many SecOps are responsible for triage tons of reported phishing email, some are true positive while some are not. If they are true positives, remediation is necessary afterwards.
In more details, here are some important steps involved in handling phishing email.
Triaging one phishing email takes time, triaging hundreds of phishing emails takes more time. Automation is the key to handle phishing email properly and accurately. Hackers are automating attacks, how about defenders?
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