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1 alert match the current filters. technique: T1566 ✕

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  • Potential spoofing of internal domain spotted Informational Email

    An external sender is possibly impersonating an employee by spoofing the company's internal address.

    Activation:
    14 Days
    Training:
    30 Days
    Test:
    N/A (single event)
    Deduplication:
    1 Hour 30 Minutes
    ATT&CK tactics: Initial Access (TA0001) Stealth (TA0005)
    ATT&CK techniques: Phishing (T1566) Social Engineering: Impersonation (T1684.001)
    Required data: Microsoft 365 Emails
    Detector tags: Employee Impersonation, Spear Phishing
    Attacker's goals: Get credentials for internal systems. Executing financial transfers from the company to the attacker's account. Extracting information outside the company. Encrypting critical information and demanding a ransom.
    Investigative actions: Check the received header path, especially the sender host. Check DMARC, SPF AND DKIM authentication results. Verify whether the sender's IP address has appeared in different log sources before and its reputation. If the message contains attachments or links, scrutinize them for any suspicious indications. Monitor further actions taken, such as file downloads or access to potentially malicious links.