How Long Does it Take You to Successfully Identify Phishing Emails?

How Quickly Can You Detect a Phishing Email? 

Test Your Skills Leveraging Hero AI

Phishing attempts are becoming increasingly sophisticated and numerous, making it overwhelming for you to manage and assess each threat manually. The sheer volume of phishing emails, combined with the challenge of distinguishing genuine threats from false positives, can create significant stress for you. Making accurate decisions is time-consuming, and every second counts when the risk of overlooking a genuine threat is ever-present.

You don’t have to face this challenge alone. By adopting AI-enhanced security automation you can streamline your decision-making process and reduce your organization’s exposure to common threats like phishing. Tools like Swimlane Turbine can guide you every step of the way, offering clear recommendations to help you navigate through the complexities of phishing threats with confidence. Hero AI, a collection of AI innovations in Turbine, analyzes phishing threats and provides the insights you need to make faster decisions.

Today, I want to give you a chance to test your skills. Imagine you have just 5 minutes to determine if an email is a phishing attempt or not. Can you do it? Let’s dive into a real-life scenario and see if you can crack the case leveraging Turbine, AI-enhanced low-code security automation.

The Challenge

Here are 5 emails reported by an employee in your organization ingested in Turbine. Your task is to determine whether each email is a phishing attempt, or a legitimate message.

Your Assistant: Hero AI

Hero AI is here to assist you in this task. Swimlane Turbine ingests the emails and triggers Hero AI’s analysis. Within seconds, Hero AI evaluates the intent of each email, providing not only a probability rating but also a clear, transparent breakdown of the factors influencing its assessment. Key indicators of these factors include: 

1. Return Path Risk Evaluation
   • Hero AI examines the “Return Path Risk” to determine if the reply-to email address matches the claimed sender’s domain. A HIGH Return Path Risk indicates a significant mismatch, suggesting the email may be a phishing attempt.
     
2. Bulk or Targeted Email Check
   • The “X-Distribution” analysis reveals whether the email was sent in bulk or targeted at specific individuals. Bulk emails are often a red flag for phishing. If this check comes back FALSE, it means the email wasn’t sent in bulk, which could imply a more sophisticated, personalized phishing attempt.
     
3. Domain and Server Match Verification
   • The “X-Received-SPF” field checks if the email domain aligns with the server it was sent from. A FAIL result here indicates a mismatch between the domain and server, often pointing to phishing.
     
4. Previous Reports Indicator
   • Hero AI looks at the “X-Report-Abuse” field to see if the email has been previously flagged as phishing. A result of NONE means this email hasn’t been reported before. While this might seem reassuring, it’s important to remember that new phishing campaigns might not have been flagged yet, so this alone isn’t a conclusive indicator.
5. Case Summary & Recommended Actions

Hero AI helps categorize, prioritize, remediate and mitigate issues intuitively and with ease.

Here is how to analyze an email with Turbine:

Your Turn: Phishing Attempt or Not?

Now, it’s up to you to decide. With Hero AI’s insights, you have the tools to analyze if these emails are a phishing attempt or a legitimate message. Use the key indicators above to make your best determination. Good luck!

1. Google Lottery

2. What’s New at Productboard

3. Jira

4. UPS

The Future of Phishing Defense

AI-enhanced security automation tools like Turbine represent a major leap forward in phishing defense. By combining real-time analysis with automated, detailed data insights, we can significantly bolster our protection against increasingly sophisticated threats. As phishing tactics evolve, our defenses must adapt, and AI plays a vital role in this ongoing battle, empowering analysts to make faster and more accurate decisions.

It’s time to review your results.

1. Google Lottery- Phishing
2. What’s New at Productboard- Non-phishing
3. Jira- Non-phishing
4. UPS- Phishing

To learn more about how Turbine can help your daily operations, request a demo today.