Top Phishing Targets


Top *recipients* of phishing emails (targeted individuals) with severity by volume.

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 Email & Phishing top-phishing-targets.kql

Top *recipients* of phishing emails (targeted individuals) with severity by volume.

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// Author: Ian D. Hanley (DevSecOpsDad) | linkedin.com/in/ianhanley | devsecopsdad.com | devsecopsdadattack.com
// Identifies top recipients of phishing emails and categorizes severity based on volume

EmailEvents
| where ThreatTypes has "Phish"
| summarize PhishCount = count() by RecipientEmailAddress
// Assign severity level indicators based on PhishCount
| extend SeverityIndicator = case(
                                 PhishCount >= 500,
                                 "🔥 Extreme Target",
                                 PhishCount >= 200,
                                 "🔴 Critical Target",
                                 PhishCount >= 100,
                                 "🟠 Major Target",
                                 PhishCount >= 50,
                                 "🟡 Moderate Target",
                                 "🟢 Low Target"
                             )
// Apply color coding to PhishCount
| extend CountColor = case(
                          PhishCount >= 500,
                          "🔥",
                          PhishCount >= 200,
                          "🔴",
                          PhishCount >= 100,
                          "🟠",
                          PhishCount >= 50,
                          "🟡",
                          "🟢"
                      )
// Sort by the highest volume of phishing emails received
| top 10 by PhishCount desc
// Improve column naming for readability
| project
    ["Recipient Email"] = RecipientEmailAddress, 
    ["Phishing Emails Received"] = strcat(CountColor, " ", PhishCount),
    ["Severity"] = SeverityIndicator