G DATA Phishing Simulation

Whitelisting in Exchange Server 2019

At this point, we will briefly explain which domains and IP addresses you should whitelist. The reason for this is that otherwise e-mails sent as part of the phishing campaign could end up in the spam filter.

Whitelisting via the Exchange Control Panel per message flow rule

1.

Open a browser, connect to your Exchange server and log into the Exchange Control Panel.

https://localhost/ecp

2.

Click on Message flow and stay in the Rules window.

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3.

Click on + and select * Bypass spam filtering…​*.

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4.

Give the rule a name. For example GDATA PhishingSIM WhitelistIP.

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5.

For Apply this rule if…​ select The sender in combination with IP is in any of these ranges or exactly matches. .Show screenshot

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All IPs and domains used by us, which must be activated accordingly in your company, can be found in the Awareness Manager under the TAB Whitelisting.

6.

Enter all IP addresses listed in the Awareness Manager (after entering an IP address, click on the + button to add the entry) and save by clicking OK.

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7.

Add another condition by clicking on the Add condition button.

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8.

For Apply this rule if…​ select The sender…​ in combination with domain is.

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9.

Enter all domains listed in the Awareness Manager (after entering a domain, click on the + button to add the entry) and save by clicking OK.

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10.

For Do the following…​ select Modify the message properties in combination with set the spam confidence level (SCL).

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11.

Check whether the Spam Confidence Level is set to Bypass spam filtering (see screenshot). Otherwise, click on the number displayed and change the value to Bypass spam filtering.

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12.

Save the rule.

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After creating this rule for the message flow, all e-mails sent from our Phishing Camapign should arrive.