Phishing Simulation Service

Cybercriminals are constantly evolving their method for stealing sensitive information like login credentials and credit card data.

One type of cyberattack, called phishing, takes advantage of human errors to steal user or company information or install malicious software by posing as a trusted email contact. Last year, phishing attempts made up roughly 30% of cyberattacks. And, with 94% of malware delivered by email, it’s easy to see how one employee mistake could result in a data breach that leads to a damaged reputation and huge costs for your company.

When it comes to combating phishing attacks, prevention is key.

Phishing simulations help protect you and your business against data theft, malware and spyware by training your employees to recognize and report phishing attempts. Proactive cybersecurity awareness training and simulations can expose your security vulnerabilities before an intruder arrives.

Email Phishing Training and Simulations

In an ideal world, phishing emails would be blocked and never reach your inbox. However, in the real world, some phishing emails get through your layered security and are delivered to employees. In these cases, it’s critical your team knows how to respond swiftly to prevent a breach. Email phishing training is designed to teach employees to identify and respond to email phishing attacks, while empowering you with insights about your company’s cybersecurity readiness.

Microsoft Office 365 Phishing Simulation

To simulate email phishing attacks for clients who use Microsoft 365, we leverage a built-in feature that
enables Office 365 administrators to allow select emails past security filters. Clients can also use our
attack simulator tool to test employees against password spray, spear phishing, and brute force
types of attacks.

Spear Phishing Campaign on Office 365

Spear phishing is a form of targeted phishing attack used to obtain sensitive data through
messages that seem to come from trusted senders. For instance, intruders could imitate a client or
platform that you work with, using highly relevant content that you would recognize and trust.
Cybersecurity simulations on Microsoft 365 help you defend your business against two types of
spear-phishing attacks:

Credentials Harvest Spear Phishing:
This training tries to convince an employee to click on a URL in an email, after which they will be prompted to submit their credentials. If they follow through, they could be taken to another page that explains what they did wrong and how to avoid such mistakes in the future.

Attachment Spear Phishing:
Similar to credentials spear phishing, this simulation tries to convince a member of your team to open an attached document

Password Attack Campaign on Office 365

In a password attack, an intruder attempts to guess passwords for specific, known user accounts
within your organization. Cyberhunt helps improve your organization’s cybersecurity by testing two
types of password attacks:

Brute force password attack: Popularly known as the dictionary attack, this where we have a
large list of passwords that we attempt to use against one user account or multiple accounts
with the hope of finding a match. We can upload a file or specify the passwords to be entered
manually. One simple way to prevent a brute force password attack is to lock the user account
after a particular number of failed attempts.

Password spray attack: Unlike the dictionary attack, where many passwords are used against
many accounts, a spray attack uses a single, carefully selected password against many user
accounts. This type of phishing attack is harder to detect because the risk of triggering an
incorrect password lock-out is reduced. The probability of success may also increase because
of the large number of user accounts targeted.

Google Workspace Phishing Simulation

Our attack simulator tool for Google Workspace helps teach your users to quickly identify and
report phishing, spam, and other malware emails directly from their Gmail inboxes.

Other Email Phishing Attacks

In some cases, cybercriminals target Google's workspace tools and Microsoft's phishing
simulations, using their well-intentioned features to launch attacks on trusting businesses.
These may include:

Microsoft Team's credential phishing
An email appears to come from the Microsoft IT team, asking the recipient to review a file. Clicking the link takes the user to a site that looks like to Microsoft Teams or the Office 365 login portal, where their credentials are compromised when they’re submitted to the imitation site.

Security team impersonation
Emails that imitate your team's security administrators, make claims such as a lack of storage space preventing inbound emails. Clicking a link takes users to a fraudulent login page where they may unknowingly submit their credentials.

Payslip scam
Limitation of a company's payroll department directs users to submit payslip details on a
fraudulent site.

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