Fortifying Office 365 Email

By deploying Perception Point’s Advanced Email Security solution as part of Offi­ce 365, the client’s team saw an immediate improvement in the detection and prevention of malicious emails.

At the start of the POC, the client elected to evaluate the Perception Point solution in a non-blocking mode, so all emails that are detected as malicious are still being delivered to the end-user.

After only half a day following the deployment and several notifications from the Perception Point Incident Response team regarding attempts to attack, the security team decided to switch to blocking mode and prevent any suspicious emails from reaching the end-user. Overall, the entire deployment process took less than 10 minutes and didn’t require any changes to the MX Record or additional overhead from the IT team.

During the first month, Perception Point was able to prevent 268 malicious emails containing over 400 malicious files and links that were targeting the client’s employees. These attacks include some of the more common phishing and impersonation attacks, as well as more advanced malware attacks like Emotet, Loda, and Trickbot.

Perception Point also prevented a targeted campaign, the week before Thanksgiving Holiday in the U.S. The attack targeted over 30 employees with a subject related to Thanksgiving and a malicious greeting card attached. The malware used in this campaign was Emotet and Trickbot and was initiated through attack servers located outside the U.S.