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Impersonation Attacks
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Impersonation attacks are one of the most common phishing threats
25%
of all branded emails companies received are impersonation attacks
55%
of cybersecurity professionals say their senior executives have been spoofed
84%
of organizations have been the victim of a successful phishing attack
Detecting impersonation attempts is essential
Many phishing attacks use sender impersonation to socially engineer their victims by adding credibility.
Cybercriminals have evolved their email impersonation attacks to get through Microsoft 365's native security functionality and secure email gateways (SEGs). This leaves it down to individual employees to determine which emails are legitimate and which are spoofed, with a single mistake exposing organizations to credential theft, data exfiltration, and fraudulent payments.
Detecting an impersonation attack using trust and domain analysis
- 1 Sender domain analysis. The domain c0mpany.com is used to fool the recipient into thinking this is a genuine email. However, the display name matches that used by an internal user. An internal user with an external domain is treated with suspicion.
- 2 Real-time alerts highlight impersonation attacks. Based on its analysis, Egress Defend highlights to the user that this an impersonation attack sent from an individual they've had no previous contact with.
Preventing replies to impersonation attacks
- 3 Egress Prevent provides enhanced security to stop replies to impersonation attacks. Outbound emails, including replies to impersonation attacks, are inspected by Egress Prevent, with alerts that increase intervention to notify the user of the current risk. This further “nudge” will force the user to carefully consider their actions.
2024 Phishing Threat Trends Report: January - March insights
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Cut through the noise to highlight the risks that matter
Reporting on threats such as impersonation attacks within email flows can be manual and slow. Even worse, systems can throw too much unnecessary information at you, making it harder to make timely and effective decisions.
Egress Defend and Prevent's intelligence platform provides simplified dashboards and critical insights so that administrators can quickly cut through the noise, identify email security risks and, where necessary, remediate.
Actionable intelligence
Data and analytics should not overwhelm you with information. Augmented threat intelligence into attack types, payload, and supply chain health give Security teams what they need to take decisive action that mitigate threats.
Our real-time threat feed offers insights and statistics into email details, type of attack, threat levels, authentication checks, communication history and how your people interacted with the email.
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What our customers say
Hear from companies and organizations who use Egress Defend to prevent against impersonation attacks.
We recognized that one layer is not enough to detect and neutralize the numerous advanced phishing threats targeting GMMH day-to-day work.
Kevin Orritt
Cyber Security Manager, GMMH
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