Smishing Campaign Manager

The campaign manager assists admins in launching smishing campaigns to the end users. The settings such as Save for Later, Send Now, Schedule, Target Groups, Distribution, Scenarios or Message Settings are set up from here before launching the campaign to end users.

Smishing Campaign Manager

This section describes the basic functionalities of the campaign manager page, where you can find all the campaign reports from the Smishing > Campaign Manager menu.

The components of the campaign manager page are explained below.

Campaign Name

Name of the smishing campaign

Target Users

Number of target users to whom the phishing scenario was sent

Status

Current status of the phishing campaign (idle, running, completed, paused, error, canceled)

Scenarios

Represents how many scenarios has been selected for the campaign.

Method

The selected scenarios method types.

Created By

Name of the company that created the phishing campaign

Date Created

Date and time that the phishing campaign was created

Last Launch

Date and time that the phishing campaign was launched

Actions

Following options are available:

  1. Preview: Click it to preview the scenarios attached to the campaign.

  2. Edit: Click it to customize the campaign and relaunch.

  3. Create New Instance: Click it to relaunch to target groups with original campaign settings.

  4. Delete: Click it to delete the campaign and reports from the platform.

Campaign Instances

This section explains the details of campaign reports, where you can access them by clicking the “Instances” button on the campaign manager page.

The components of the Campaign Instances page are explained below.

Schedule

The date and time the campaign will launch

Target Users

The number of scheduled target users

Status

Current status of the campaign

(idle, running, completed, paused, cancelled, error)

Date Created

The creation date of the campaign

Actions

Following options are available:

  1. Launch: Launch the scheduled or save for later campaign immeditelay.

  2. View Report: Access detailed reports of a campaign You can find more information about the report details here.

  3. Delete: Delete the campaign report.

  4. Pause: Suspend email delivery in the active campaign.

  5. Resume: Resume email delivery in the paused campaign.

  6. Stop: Terminate active email deliveries in the running campaign.

How to send a Smishing Campaign

Click on + NEW on the Smishing > Campaign Manager page to create a new smishing campaign within these simple steps:

  • Smishing Campaign Settings

  • Smishing Scenarios

  • Target Groups

  • SMS Settings

  • Campaign Summary

Before launching a smishing campaign, you must create a target user with users who must have phone numbers on the Company > Target Users page.

Campaign Settings

Select a name for the campaign, when it will be sent, and if you want this campaign to be excluded from your reports.

The components of the Campaign Settings page are explained below.

Campaign Name

The name of the campaign

Tracking Duration

Select the time period you want to keep this campaign active

Mark As Test

Check this if you wish to exclude this campaign from your reports

Smishing Scenarios

Select one scenario to send selected target users or select multiple phishing scenarios to distribute randomly.

If multiple scenarios are selected, each user will receive a random scenario.

Scenarios

Select scenarios to be sent to selected target users.

Type

Filter scenarios according to their method type.

Language

Filter scenarios according to their language.

Difficulty

Filter scenarios according to their difficulty level.

Training

Select training and send the training via email or redirect it immediately once the user falls for a phishing campaign.

Enrollment: Users can either be redirected to the training immediately with the "Start Training Immediately" option or opt to receive the training later through an email with the "Enroll via Email Notification" option.

  • Click Only: The users who click the phishing link will be redirected to the training immediately, or a training email will sent later.

  • Data Submission: The users who submit their credentials will be redirected to the training immediately, or a training email will sent later.

  • MFA: The users who submit their MFA code will be redirected to the training immediately, or a training email will sent later.

Reminder: The users who don't complete the training will receive additional reminder emails.

Certificate: The users who complete the training will receive a certificate.

Target Audience

Choose one or several recipient groups to send the selected phishing scenarios to.

Group Name

The name of the target group you wish to send the campaign to

Company Name

The name of the company that created the target group

Priority

Specify the priority information of the target user. If the priority is high, the user will get the email first.

Date Created

The date the user was created

Limit Recipients

Send this campaign to randomly selected users: Choose this option to send the phishing campaign to randomly selected users within the target group. You have the option to choose a percentage of the group or a specific number of users.

When you select a specific target group, you will see the summary table of users on the right side of the target audience page.

First Name

User’s first name

Last Name

User’s surname

Email

User’s email address

Once you have selected the target group you wish to launch the camping to, click Next.

SMS Settings

Set up the following fields correctly.

Sender Phone Number

Select the phone number from the dropdown menu that the end user will see when receiving the smishing text.

Frequency

If you have selected multiple scenarios, you can choose how often you would like to send the scenarios randomly to the selected groups.

Schedule

The date and time of the campaign launch:

  • Save for later: Check this box to send the campaign later. To send now, click on the "Now" button after opening the date and time pop-up.

  • Schedule for: Check this box to begin the campaign on a specific date.

Distribution

When you launch a smishing campaign to a large audience, this feature ensures that the emails are not blocked or quarantined by the recipient's email server. It achieves this by distributing the emails over a period of time rather than sending them all at once.

  • Send emails when the campaign starts: As the campaign begins, emails are immediately dispatched to the selected target users.

  • Send emails on defined days and hours: You can determine the specific days and times when emails will be delivered to the chosen target users.

    • Sending limit per batch: Define the quantity of emails you'd like to send to the recipients in each batch during the chosen days and times.

    • Send emails with delay every: Decide on the duration of the pause between sending each batch, whether it's in seconds, minutes, or hours.

The system will automatically determine and show you the duration required to send the campaign to the designated number of recipients based on your chosen settings.

Campaign Summary

All of the details of the smishing campaign are easily accessible on one page, along with a preview of the vishing call steps.

The components of the Campaign Summary page are explained below.

Campaign Name

The name of the campaign.

Method

The smishing scenario method selected.

Difficulty

The difficulty level of the smishing scenario.

Starting

The date and time that the vishing campaign will start distribution.

Duration

The time period this campaign will be active.

Sender Phone Number

The phone number that end users will see when receiving the smishing scenario.

Target Users

A preview of the target users selected.

Smishing Scenarios

A preview of the one or multiple smishing scenarios selected.

For multiple scenarios, click on the name of the scenario to preview the selected text message and landing page.

Click Start to launch the campaign.

Click Cancel to rescind all of the actions, then click Quit in the pop-up window. If you want to make additional edits, click Continue Editing.

Video Tutorial

This video tutorial covers the Campaign Manager options such as Save for Later, Send Now, Schedule, Target Groups, Distribution, Scenarios, or Message Settings to allow you to modify various elements to suit your needs.

FAQ

Why does an SMS go to the spam folder when I launch an SMS phishing campaign?

  1. A phishing URL could cause the SMS simulation to be marked as spam.

  2. The phone number was reported as suspicious.

  3. Keywords that impersonate big names, like Microsoft or Outlook, etc.

Solutions:

  1. Test your Smishing simulation campaign on various GSM providers to ensure it is not marked as spam.

  2. If it goes to spam, first check the URL to ensure it doesn't look suspicious. For example, outlook.company.com is suspicious; use email-login.company.com instead.

  3. Change the sender phone number to use a number never detected as suspicious by carriers.

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