---
id: 8189
title: "Adding Web Content Filter Exceptions for Phishing Success"
source_domain: netspi.com
source_url: "https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/adversary-simulation/adding-web-content-filter-exceptions-for-phishing-success/"
published_at: "2016-04-26T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["phishing", "red-team", "social-engineering", "evasion", "web-filtering", "categorization"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/8189"
lang: en
---

# Adding Web Content Filter Exceptions for Phishing Success

## Summary

Describes how attackers can submit phishing domains to web content filter categorization services so corporate filters whitelist the sites, improving success rates in phishing engagements.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** netspi.com
- **Published:** 2016-04-26T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.netspi.com/blog/technical-blog/adversary-simulation/adding-web-content-filter-exceptions-for-phishing-success/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/8189