Anti-phishing
Classifications
The following classifications are applied to (potential) phishing emails:
Phishing
Possible phishing
Anti-phishing failure
For details see Operating/Email classifications.
Handling of phishing emails
Based on the configuration, Email Gateway Security can handle (potential) phishing emails in the following ways:
Reject,
Delete,
Quarantine or
Deliver.
For details see the Anti-phishing and anti-spam section under Configuration/Policy.
Dynamic anti-phishing
OPSWAT’s dynamic anti-phishing is a time-of-click analysis solution of URLs in email bodies.
If Enable Dynamic Anti-phishing is turned on under Security Rules > rule / ANTI-PHISHING, all links in the email body will be redirected through MetaDefender.comSafe URL redirect service for URL reputation check.
If the URL turns out to be safe, then the browser is redirected to it immediately without any disruption of the browsing experience.
If the URL is detected as potentially malicious, then a warning screen calls the attention of the user to the possible risk:
Anti-spam
Classifications
The following classifications are applied to (potential) phishing emails:
Spam
Possible spam
Anti-spam failure
For details see Operating/Email classifications.
Handling of spam emails
Based on the configuration, Email Gateway Security can handle (potential) spam emails in the following ways:
Reject,
Delete,
Quarantine or
Deliver.
For details see the Anti-phishing and anti-spam section under Configuration/Policy.