Systems and methods for simulated phishing attacks involving message threads
AssigneeKnowBe4, Inc.
InventorGreg Kras
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed for simulating a phishing attack involving an email thread. An email thread of a plurality of email threads of an entity for use in a simulated phishing attack is identified. A simulation system generates a converted reply simulated phishing email to an email of the email thread. The converted reply simulated phishing email is generated to be from a user that is one of a recipient or a sender of one or more emails of the email thread and is communicated to a target user's email account, the converted reply simulated phishing email.
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A method for simulating a phishing attack involving an email thread, the method comprising:
- (a) selecting, by a simulation system using one or more thread selection parameters configured in the simulation system, an email thread from a plurality of email threads of an email system of an entity for use in a simulated phishing attack;
- (b) generating, by the simulation system, a converted reply simulated phishing email to an email of the thread, the converted reply simulated phishing email generated to be from a user that is one of a recipient or a sender of one or more emails of the email thread;
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- (c) communicating, by the simulation system, to a target user's email account, the converted reply simulated phishing email.
A system for simulating a phishing attack involving an email thread, the system comprising:
- a simulation system configured on one or more processors, coupled to memory and configured to:
- select, using one or more thread selection parameters configured in the simulation system, an email thread from a plurality of email threads of an email system of an entity for use in a simulated phishing attack;
- generate a converted reply simulated phishing email to an email of the email thread, the converted reply simulated phishing email generated to be from a user that is one of a recipient or a sender of one or more emails of the email thread;
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- communicate to a target user's email account, the converted reply simulated phishing email.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.