Automated Analysis of Phishing Emails, URLs, and Attachments Using VirusTotal, URLScan.io, and emailrep.io

Analyzing Email Content: Email content analysis to identify potential threats is automated. Traditionally, this involves manually reading and examining each email for suspicious elements, which is time-consuming and prone to human error. Automation ensures that emails are consistently and accurately analyzed, enhancing threat detection.

Extracting and Checking Email Addresses: Emailrep.io automates extracting email addresses from emails and checking their reputation. Manually performing this task involves copying email addresses, searching for reputation data, and cross-referencing sources, which is labor-intensive. Automation streamlines this process, providing quick and reliable reputation checks and reducing the risk of missing malicious senders.

Scanning URLs: The task of extracting URLs from emails and submitting them to URLScan.io for analysis is automated. Manually, this would require opening each email, copying URLs, and pasting them into a scanning tool, which is inefficient and can result in oversight. Automation ensures all URLs are scanned promptly, providing a thorough and timely analysis of potential threats.

Analyzing Attachments: VirusTotal automatically extracts attachments from emails and scans them. Manually handling and scanning attachments involves downloading files, uploading them to scanning tools, and reviewing the results, which can be tedious and error-prone. Automation ensures all attachments are consistently scanned, improving detection rates and response times.

Compiling and Sending Reports: Compiling analysis results and sending reports to the relevant stakeholders is automated. Gathering data from various tools and formatting it into a report requires significant effort and time. Automation ensures comprehensive reports are generated and distributed quickly, keeping the team informed and enabling swift action.