{"id":24639,"date":"2024-06-26T13:20:41","date_gmt":"2024-06-26T11:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartfense.com\/?page_id=24639"},"modified":"2024-07-18T19:39:56","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T17:39:56","slug":"direct-message-injection-dmi","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/smartfense.com\/en\/platform\/simulation-tools\/direct-message-injection-dmi\/","title":{"rendered":"Direct Message Injection (DMI)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Direct Message Injection<\/h2>\n \n

Direct Message Injection is an alternative delivery method<\/strong> for Phishing and Ransomware simulation emails.

\n\nInstead of going through the traditional SMTP email route, with DMI, the message is directly inserted into the recipients' inboxes.<\/strong>

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Who can use DMI?<\/h2>\n \n

Sending simulations with DMI is available for all organizations using Microsoft (Outlook) or Google (Gmail) as their corporate email service providers.<\/p>\n\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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What are the advantages of using DMI?<\/h2>\n \n

There are usually multiple security barriers between the simulation platform and the corporate email server.

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With DMI, is whitelisting still necessary?<\/h2>\n \n

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Whitelisting for the correct reception of simulation emails.<\/p>\n\n \n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Whitelisting for access and navigation of simulated Phishing websites.<\/p>\n\n \n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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DMI greatly simplifies the whitelisting process related to email delivery, to the point where it can sometimes eliminate the need for it altogether<\/h3>\n \n <\/div>\n\n \n\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Warnings in the email client<\/h2>\n \n

Another advantage of DMI is that emails often remain free from automatic warnings<\/strong> added by some email clients.

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How to remove this warning?<\/h2>\n \n

The issue with these warnings is that they are independent of the simulation tool used and cannot be removed through whitelisting or other configurations.

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There are cases where a Whitelist process has been carefully implemented and the simulation emails are successfully received through the SMTP protocol.\n<\/p>\n\n \n\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n \t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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