// MITRE ATT&CK
T1667 · Email Bombing
Adversaries may flood targeted email addresses with an overwhelming volume of messages. This may bury legitimate emails in a flood of spam and disrupt business operations.(Citation: sophos-bombing)(Citation: krebs-email-bombing) An adversary may accomplish email bombing by leveraging an automated b...
How to detect & mitigate it
Detecting Email Bombing starts with your SIEM/EDR telemetry. Write a detection rule with the Sigma generator, analyze suspicious logs in the log analyzer, and place the technique on your coverage with the ATT&CK matrix.
Related techniques
T1561.002
Disk Structure Wipe T1498.001
Direct Network Flood T1491.002
External Defacement T1499.001
OS Exhaustion Flood T1485.001
Lifecycle-Triggered Deletion T1496.003
SMS Pumping T1499.003
Application Exhaustion Flood T1561
Disk Wipe
Disk Structure Wipe T1498.001
Direct Network Flood T1491.002
External Defacement T1499.001
OS Exhaustion Flood T1485.001
Lifecycle-Triggered Deletion T1496.003
SMS Pumping T1499.003
Application Exhaustion Flood T1561
Disk Wipe
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