Automated Email Header Analysis for Enhanced Security
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Strengthen your email security with automated analysis of incoming email headers. This workflow identifies suspicious IP addresses and detects potential email spoofing in real-time.
About This Workflow
This n8n workflow provides a robust solution for enhancing email security by automatically analyzing incoming email headers. It meticulously extracts IP addresses from the 'Received' lines of email headers, then leverages the IP Quality Score API to assess the reputation and potential risk associated with each IP. The workflow identifies IPs associated with spam, fraud, or TOR networks, and flags potential spoofing attempts. This proactive approach allows security teams to quickly identify and mitigate threats, ensuring the integrity of your email communications and protecting against malicious actors.
Key Features
- Real-time IP address extraction from email headers.
- Comprehensive IP reputation analysis using IP Quality Score API.
- Detection of IPs linked to spam, fraud, and TOR networks.
- Identification of potential email spoofing indicators.
- Automated risk scoring and flagging of suspicious activity.
How To Use
- Set up the Webhook: Configure the 'Receive Headers' node to accept incoming email data via a webhook. Ensure your email system or a separate service sends email headers to this webhook.
- Parse Email Headers: The 'Explode Email Header' node will parse the raw email header string into a structured JSON object, making it easier to access specific fields.
- Extract IP Addresses: The 'Extract IPs from "received"' node uses regular expressions to find and collect all IP addresses present in the 'Received' headers.
- Individual IP Analysis: Use the 'Split Out IPs' node to process each extracted IP address individually for detailed analysis.
- Assess IP Quality and Risk: Connect the 'IP Quality Score' node to an external API (requires an API key). This node will send each IP for a detailed risk assessment, including fraud scores and potential spam activity.
- Determine Sender Reputation: The 'Fraud Score' node interprets the results from the IP Quality Score API to assign a reputation to the IP address and identify recent spam activity.
- Review and Respond: The workflow provides a structured output detailing the analysis results. You can connect further nodes to log this information, trigger alerts, or respond to the webhook with the analysis findings using the 'Respond to Webhook' node.
Apps Used
Workflow JSON
{
"id": "8f38ad54-0e02-4798-bd5e-02c8bfc34621",
"name": "Automated Email Header Analysis for Enhanced Security",
"nodes": 29,
"category": "Secops",
"status": "active",
"version": "1.0.0"
}Note: This is a sample preview. The full workflow JSON contains node configurations, credentials placeholders, and execution logic.
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