Phishing/Email Social Engineering
Unmasking Phishing & Social Engineering: The Ultimate Deception
Phishing and social engineering are more than just cyber threats, they are psychological manipulations designed to exploit human trust. Attackers don’t just hack systems, they hack people, tricking employees into revealing sensitive information, clicking malicious links or granting unauthorized access. With evolving tactics like spear phishing, deepfake voice scams, and business email compromise (BEC) no organization is immune. The key to defense isn’t just technology, its awareness, training, and proactive security measures. By integrating real world phishing simulations, behavioral analytics, and adaptive security strategies, companies can turn their biggest vulnerability human error into their strongest defense.
Why You Need Phishing & Email Social Engineering?
Phishing attacks take advantage of human vulnerabilities, deceiving victims into clicking malicious links, sharing credentials, or downloading malware.
This can lead to financial loss, identity theft, reputational damage, and even legal trouble. Beyond immediate harm, phishing can serve as a gateway to larger cyber-attacks, including data breaches and network infiltration. In today’s digital world, the consequences extend far beyond money eroding trust, credibility, and business continuity. Recognizing these threats is key to strengthening defenses and fostering a culture of vigilance against evolving cyber risks.
Accorian Phishing capabilities aim to test employes and teams with tailored realistic and interactive content:
- Spear Phishing
- File Attacks (Word, Macro, PDF, Java)
- Custom page creating
- Credential Harvesting
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Awareness
Through controlled social engineering attacks, Accorian helps in raising awareness among employees about their online behaviour and safety.
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Custom solutions
Accorian suggests personalised changes and gives recommendations based on the results of the tests conducted. These solutions will help customers in improving their overall security posture.
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Everlasting benefits
To stay secure from these same attacks later, companies should perform these tests first. Staff will acquire the necessary skill for combating such attacks.
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Guaranteed security
Companies that adopt Accorian’s solutions are guaranteed of their data safety and hence can move confidently in the cyberspace.
Phishing Campaign Strategy
Assessment & Planning
- Collaborate with your security team to align the strategy with the client’s security goals and objectives.
- Conduct a security posture assessment to evaluate existing policies, procedures, and employee awareness.
- Identify vulnerabilities and areas needing improvement based on the assessment results.
Phishing Simulation Execution
Design a realistic phishing email campaign.
Employee Response & Awareness
Accurate tracking of user interaction with phishing content.
Data Analysis & Continuous Improvement
- Maintain ongoing communication with the security team to review findings.
- Analyze trends and patterns from the simulation results in a data-driven approach to measure effectiveness.
- Develop mitigation strategies and recommendations for strengthening defenses against phishing threats.
Contact us to Discuss your requirements. We will guide you through our prepackaged or customized campaigns.
Accorian Adopted a Meticulous Technique
Together with the security team, we developed and implemented a strategy which was tailored to the client’s goals and objectives. The approach was made up of several components. Initially, there was an assessment which was carried out to establish company’s security posture in relation to policies, procedures and awareness among the staff. This assessment served as a reference point for identifying any vulnerabilities or areas where there may be need for improvement. Then, the actual testing was started, by sending employees an email from a fake account with details like the HR account. The body stated in bold font that their POSH training would expire within 24 hours, and that they had to click on the link and follow the instructions to complete it. We observed that around 40% employees clicked on the link in the mail, thus falling prey to the phishing attempt. The links navigated to a phishing awareness page, and the employees were made aware of the situation. They were given a training on phishing and how to spot and avoid phishing mails. We maintained close contact with the security team of the company while this engagement lasted to collect feedback, analyze the trends, and patterns of the phishing simulation campaign results in a data-driven way for improvement, and develop appropriate recommendations with mitigation strategies.