4 campaigns to kickstart your
phishing training

Here’s four examples of phishing campaigns that would be a good way to start your phishing training and we break down how they work.

Campaign 1: Emergency evacuation plan

This e-mail tells the reader that there is a new emergency evacuation plan that must be read by all employees. It takes advantage of the authority of the company.

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How the campaign performed:

E-mail sent:

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E-mail sent:

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Campaign 2: Password policy

This e-mail indicates that the company has a new password policy and all staff must confirm that it is read and understood. It takes advantage of the authority of the company.

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How the campaign performed:

E-mail sent:

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E-mail sent:

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Campaign 3: Employee benefits

This e-mail tells the reader that their company has partnered with a discounts website. This means that staff can get a discount on several products if they log in with their work e-mail. It takes advantage of the joy of discounts.

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Email:

How the campaign performed:

E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

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E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

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Campaign 4: Galactic Cloud

This campaign tells the receiver that he/she has received a new file which needs to be opened inside 24 hours. If the deadline is not met then his/her access will be removed. The campaign takes advantages of peoples natural curiosity and it has a quite proffesionel look.

Difficulty:

Phishing giveaways:

Email:

Galatic Cloud is not a real company
The domain which the e-mail is sent from, info@galacticclouds.com, doesn’t exist either
It’s unusual that you would receive a file in a cloud-service which you’ve never heard of
Short deadline for clicking the e-mail
If you click the link the URL is very suspicious
It is unusual to receive files from an unknown cloud service

How the campaign performed:

E-mail sent:

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E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

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4 campaigns to kickstart your phishing training

Campaign 1: Emergency evacuation plan

Phishing giveaways:

How the campaign performed:

E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

Collected data:

E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

Collected data:

Campaign 2: Password policy

Phishing giveaways:

How the campaign performed:

E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

Collected data:

E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

Collected data:

Campaign 3: Employee benefits

Phishing giveaways:

How the campaign performed:

E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

Collected data:

E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

Collected data:

Campaign 4: Galactic Cloud

Phishing giveaways:

How the campaign performed:

E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

Collected data:

E-mail sent:

Link clicked:

Collected data:

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4 campaigns to kickstart your
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