Check Point Advisories

Byte Order Mark Redirection Mail Phishing Attempt

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2015-1434
Date Published: 17 Nov 2015
Severity: Critical
Last Updated: Wednesday 22 June, 2016
Source:
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75

Who is Vulnerable? Mail Recipients
Vulnerability Description Several mail phishing campaigns use embedded redirection links to lure the victim user to download malicious files.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block mail messages including suspicious link redirections.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Byte Order Mark Redirection Mail Phishing Attempt protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Phishing Enforcement Protection.
Attack Information:  Byte Order Mark Redirection Mail Phishing Attempt

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