Release Notes for Email Cloud Partners - Nov 10, 2022

Written By Marissa Fegan (Super Administrator)

Updated at November 14th, 2022

Product release information for VIPRE Email Security Cloud, released on November 10, 2022.

What's New

We are so excited to announce that we've been working on adding more options for our VIPRE Partners and are happy to present the following additions:

Advanced Policies

Reseller-level Advanced Policies allow our partners to set custom mail rules that take priority over their customers' email policies. This might be useful for ensuring emails from your domain always make it through to your customers, regardless of any email rules they have set up.

Important

Policies are applied in the order you see them listed. If the ACTION is a [STOP], no other policies under the [STOP] action will be processed. To change the order of your policies, simply click on the 4 arrows to the left of your policy name and drag it to the desired location.

 

Refer to Related Articles for details on how to configure Advanced Policies.

Email Analytics

Email Analytics is made up of two parts - Link Click Analysis and Threat Explorer. 

Please note the following prerequisites:

  • Link Click Analysis requires the Link Isolation add-on or the Advanced Threat Protection package
  • Threat Explorer requires the Attachment Sandboxing add-on or the Advanced Threat Protection package

Select a topic below to learn more!

 

Link Click Analysis provides details relating to links within received emails that users in your customer's organizations have clicked. This content explains the data presented in this view. 

Important

Link Click Analysis is only available for VIPRE Email Security Cloud customers with the Link Isolation add-on or the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) package.

 

 

Threat Trend

The Threat Trend bar graph shows dates and times when users may have clicked potentially harmful links. You can filter the table by clicking on a specific point on the bar graph to show only that date/time based on the Time column.

Engines

  • DeepLink - Items in the threat table labeled with DeepLink should be given special consideration as these could potentially indicate a new, unknown threat or a targeted attack. 
  • Standard - Items found with the Standard TDE are known to be malicious

You can filter the table by clicking on the desired Threat Detection Engine (Standard or DeepLink) in the donut chart to show only that category. 

Categories

Links that are clicked are categorized in one of the following ways:

  • Malicious - Items categorized as Malicious are known malicious sites
  • Suspect - Items that have been identified as suspicious sites, possibly unknown threats
  • Spam - Items that have been identified as spam based on your configured policies

In cases of items marked as Malicious, Suspect, or Spam, you can select that line item for more details such as the affected URL, the user who clicked the link, their IP and browser version, as well as the sending email address and when the email was received. You can filter the table by clicking on the desired category (Malicious or Suspect) in the donut chart to show only that category.

Top Domains

A list of the top 5 domains with suspicious or known malicious URLs sent to emails. You can filter the table by clicking on the desired domain in the Top Domains list to show only that domain under the URL column.

A list of the top 5 users who click suspicious or known malicious URLs within their email. You can filter the table by clicking on the desired user in the Top Link Clickers list to show only that user under the Link Clicker column.

Top Customers

A list of the top 5 customers who have users clicking suspicious or known malicious URLs within their email. You can filter the table by clicking on the desired customer in the Top Customers list to show data specifically for that group. 

Top Senders

A list of the top 5 email addresses that send suspicious or known malicious URLs via email. You can filter the table by clicking on the desired email address in the Top Senders list to show only that address under the Sender column.

 

Threat Explorer

Threat Explorer provides details about all types of threats within emails that users in your customer's organization received. This content explains the data presented in this view. 

Important

Threat Explorer is only available for VIPRE Email Security Cloud customers who have the Attachment Sandboxing add-on or the Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) package.

 

 

You can choose date ranges by clicking on the dates in the top-right corner.


 

Threat Trend

The Threat Trend bar graph shows dates when potentially threatening mail was received. You can filter the table by clicking on a specific point on the bar graph to show only that date/time based on the Time column.

Engines

  • Sandbox - Attachment Sandboxing Add-on is required for this; indicates the percentage of potentially harmful attachments that were caught and quarantined
  • Virus Scanner - Indicates the percentage of emails with potential viruses caught and quarantined
  • Spam Scanner - Indicates the percentage of spam emails caught and quarantined

You can filter the table by clicking on the desired Threat Detection Engine (Sandbox, Virus Scanner, or Spam Scanner) in the donut chart to show only that category. 

Categories

Emails that are received are categorized in one of the following ways:

  • Suspect - Items categorized as Suspect are suspicious but not confirmed threats
  • Malicious - Items categorized as Malicious are known threats
  • Spam - Items categorized as Spam are based on your configured policies
  • Bulk - Items categorized as Bulk are based on the bulk email filter and are generally “newsletter” type messages
  • Phishing - Items categorized as Phishing are based on the Spam scanner and your configured policies

In all cases, you can select that line item for more details such as the sending email address and when the email was received, and more. You can filter the table by clicking on the desired category in the donut chart to show only that category.

Top Attack Vectors

A list of the top 5 types of attacks sent via email. (For example, 29.74% EXE, 24.03% ZIP, 13.04% URL would indicate 29.74% of the attacks were in the form of an executable file, 24.03% were in the form of a .zip file, and 13.04% were in the form of a malicious link.) You can filter the table by clicking on the desired vector in the Top Attack Vectors list to show only that category.

Top Recipients

A list of the top 5 email addresses that receive suspicious or known malicious messages. You can filter the table by clicking on the desired email address in the Top Recipients list to show only that address under the Recipient column.

Top Customers

A list of the top 5 customers who receive suspicious or known malicious messages. You can filter the table by clicking on the desired customer in the Top Customers list to show data specifically for that group. 

Top Senders

A list of the top 5 email addresses that send suspicious or known malicious messages. You can filter the table by clicking on the desired email address in the Top Senders list to show only that address under the Sender column.

 

You can find these reports within the VIPRE Email Cloud console on the left-side menu under the heading Analytics.

Known Issues

This section lists issues that are known at the time of release. In some cases, these are bugs that we are working to resolve with a subsequent release. Other items may be due to causes outside of our control, such as bugs with other vendors' software. Where possible, we have tried to provide a workaround for you to consider, should you experience an issue.

If you have questions about a specific issue, please provide the issue ID (if applicable) when contacting our Technical Support team.

Ticket Number Description
AP-8478 “Export Limit reached" warning message is not displayed when exporting events under Link Click Analysis or Threat Explorer that exceed the 10k limit.