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There are 3 types of phishing emails: 1) information harvesting 2) malware delivery 3) trust abuse social engineering For 1), don't use passwords other tha
by badrabbit 8y ago
There are 3 types of phishing emails:
1) information harvesting
2) malware delivery
3) trust abuse social engineering
For 1), don't use passwords other than to protect private keys,in-browser dlp protection can help leakage of other PII. Alternatively,invest heavily in MFA.
For 2), there already strong mitigations like attachment whitelisting but my idea is to allow email attachments to ne saved to,written to and read from an execution restricted file path(even temp files. noexec on *nix and SRP on windows). Of course app whitelisting is ideal solution which mitigates drive-by download/web phish infections as well.
For 3), don't use email for communicating trust or authorization of change. Plenty of other alternatives (mostly e2e messaging and call apps) but it is more important to have an established protocol(e.g.: call back using listed number X and confirm with another call to Y before changing banking info or transfering money).
- marmot777 8y agoHow does attachment whitelisting work? That sounds promising.
- badrabbit 8y agoThat's typically done by mime type and extension. For example,outlook/exchange won't let you send/receive windows executables as attachments at most companies.
- marmot777 8y agoI've never worked for a large company but it sounds like a sound policy across the board for businesses and organizations large and small, and perhaps even the major mailbox providers (e.g., gmail)?