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Email Bombing

T1667Linux · Office Suite · Windows · macOSattack.mitre.org

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.

Detect it with

No MITRE detection guidance published. Build coverage from the parent technique and your own telemetry.

Why it matters on shift

Email Bombing is one of the concrete ways adversaries achieve impact. Recognising it in telemetry lets you name the technique in your ticket and pivot to what came before and after.

What to look for next

After impact, the next tactic is usually Impact. Search your telemetry for the transition before closing the ticket.

Kill-chain context

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