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Impersonation Attacks

Stop the advanced impersonation attacks that evade existing email security and lead to security incidents, with Egress Defend and Egress Prevent.
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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.

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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.
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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.
Solutions Impersonation 3

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.

Solutions Impersonation 4

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.

With Egress Defend in place, we’ve seen an immediate return on our investment, and our team is now freed up to deal with other important tasks.

Gezanfar Masud Morgan Hunt 100X100
Gezanfar Masud Head of IT for Morgan Hunt
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Gartner Market Guide for Email Security

Egress is recognized as a Representative Vendor in the February 2023 Gartner Market Guide for Email Security report.

According to Gartner, "the migration to cloud email platforms continues along with a significant increase in the number of phishing attacks. Security and risk management leaders should evaluate the native capabilities offered by cloud email systems and ensure that they are adequate to prevent sophisticated attacks."

You can use a Market Guide to understand how the status of an emerging market aligns with your future plans. In addition, since Gartner has published over 100 Market Guide research notes, IT and strategic leaders can gain a broad view of many markets, including mature and smaller markets, in an easy-to-read format.

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Shein brand impersonation phishing emails up 128% in 2023

Egress’ Threat Intelligence team has detected a 128% increase in Shein brand impersonation emails since January 1st, 2023 compared with November 2022.

Shein brand impersonation phishing emails up 128% in 2023

How to Use a Hacker’s Toolkit Against Them

Read insights from our threat researchers about the tools and tactics attackers use in the first three stages of the cyber kill chain.

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How to recognise and prevent impersonation attacks

In the first six months of 2020, companies lost £58 million to impersonation scams in the United Kingdom (proving that imitation isn’t always the sincerest form of flattery).

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Egress Intelligent Email Security

Protect against sophisticated inbound and outbound email threats without creating productivity roadblocks.

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