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Threat Hunting scenario: Catching emojis on Files and Email Subjects (+ KQL Queries)

ID: 543045ab-b22f-5941-8fff-89737e8f3e79

STIX ID: report--543045ab-b22f-5941-8fff-89737e8f3e79

Feed Name: Detect FYI

Date Published: 2026-03-16

Date Updated: 2026-05-05

Author: Sergio Albea

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Provides a KQL detection technique to surface emails whose subject lines contain emoji characters together with phishing-related keywords (e.g., "urgent", "verify", "invoice"), and cautions that this approach may miss legitimate phishing indicators that use other words or different languages.

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