How Feluda Mainstreams Phishing Investigations and Reduces Time to Response

Phishing remains the #1 attack vector worldwide. Whether it’s a suspicious email, a malicious link, or a newly registered domain, the investigation process is often slow, inconsistent, and highly dependent on analyst skill level.

Feluda changes that equation. By embedding phishing intelligence tools into Genes — standardized, auditable, and adjustable workflows — Feluda makes sure your entire team investigates phishing the same way, by default.

No matter if your analysts are in Amsterdam, Bangalore, or Buenos Aires, they all follow the same structured playbook, powered by Genes for VirusTotal, Shodan, URLScan, RDAP, and Google Safe Browsing. And as your team matures, you can adjust or create your own Genes, evolving the workflow without breaking consistency.

The Traditional Phishing Investigation Workflow

A phishing investigation usually follows these steps:

1. Collection

   • An analyst receives a suspicious email, URL, or attachment.
   • Artifacts are manually extracted (links, domains, IPs, file hashes).

2. Reputation Checks

   • Domain/IP is checked against VirusTotal.
   • URL is tested against Google Safe Browsing.

3. Infrastructure Analysis

   • IPs or domains are queried in Shodan to see what services are running.
   • RDAP is used to gather ownership/registrar details.

4. Behavioral Analysis

   • URLScan is used to render the page and detect malicious redirects, fake login forms, or obfuscation.

5. Correlation & Reporting

   • Analyst manually pieces together findings.
   • Risk decision is made (block, warn, escalate).
   • Results are written into a case ticket or incident report.

Problems:

• Highly manual, repetitive, error-prone.
• Analysts often forget steps (e.g., skipping RDAP or Safe Browsing checks).
• Junior hires lack consistency; senior analysts develop their own siloed “styles.”
• Global teams struggle to maintain quality across regions.

The Feluda Way: Standardized, Click-to-Run Workflows

Feluda embeds these same steps into Phishing Genes — modular, auditable workflows that run at the click of a button.

Example: The Feluda Phishing Gene Workflow

Step	Traditional Process	Feluda Workflow
1. Collect indicators	Manual copy/paste from email	Gene auto-extracts URLs, domains, IPs, and hashes
2. VirusTotal check	Analyst pastes into web UI	API lookup runs automatically
3. Google Safe Browsing	Manual query	API call integrated in Gene
4. Shodan	Separate web search	Automated Shodan lookup in Gene
5. RDAP	Manual registrar lookup	Gene retrieves WHOIS + domain age automatically
6. URLScan	Analyst initiates scan	URL submitted, report integrated
7. Correlation	Analyst compares results manually	Feluda AI highlights correlations & risks
8. Reporting	Analyst writes notes into ticket	Structured report generated instantly

The result:

• 10–15 minutes to complete the full cycle (instead of hours).
• Zero missed steps — the workflow enforces consistency.
• Standardized reports ready for management, audit, or escalation.

Why This Matters for Global Teams

Many security teams scale fast and hire internationally. Analysts from India, Latin America, or Eastern Europe are often highly skilled, but organizations still worry about variability in investigative quality compared to EU/US teams.

Feluda solves this:

• Every analyst, anywhere, runs the same workflow.
• Quality is enforced by the Gene, not individual habits.
• Reports are consistent across the team.

This means a SOC in Mumbai produces the same report as a SOC in Frankfurt — with the same reliability and completeness. Feluda mainstreams phishing investigations so that a global workforce becomes one coordinated team, working to the same professional standard.

From Following Playbooks to Designing Them

Feluda goes beyond static workflows. As teams grow more advanced, they can:

• Adjust existing Genes (e.g., add Hybrid Analysis or AbuseIPDB checks).
• Create new Genes to cover company-specific data sources.
• Distribute Genes across the team so upgrades are instantly available to everyone.

Your workflow doesn’t just follow industry best practices — it evolves with your organization, while keeping standards intact.

Governance and Auditability

Phishing investigations often involve sensitive information (internal emails, user reports). Feluda enforces safety-by-design:

• Every Gene execution is logged.
• Workflows are transparent — analysts see exactly what steps will run.
• Administrators can restrict which APIs or tools a Gene may access.

This builds trust and accountability, crucial for enterprises handling regulated data.

Real-World Example: From Inbox to Report in 12 Minutes

Scenario: At 09:00, a suspicious email is reported with a link to secure-payments[.]support.

Traditional Workflow:

• Analyst manually queries VirusTotal, Shodan, URLScan, RDAP, and Safe Browsing.
• Notes findings in a Word doc.
• By ~11:00, report is ready.

Feluda Workflow:

• Analyst triggers the Phishing Investigation Gene.

• Within minutes, a full report is generated:

  • Domain: Newly registered, hosted in Eastern Europe.
  • Shodan: IP linked to previous phishing campaigns.
  • Safe Browsing: Flagged as phishing.
  • URLScan: Fake PayPal login page detected.

• By 09:12, the SOC has a clear, auditable decision: block + user notification.

Journaling and Reporting: Never Lose the Thread of an Investigation

One of the biggest weaknesses in traditional phishing investigations is continuity.

• Analysts work in silos, keeping notes in personal spreadsheets or tickets.
• When shifts change, the next analyst must retrace the same steps.
• Critical context gets lost between teams, especially in global 24/7 SOCs.

How Feluda Fixes It

Feluda automatically journals every investigation:

• Each Gene execution produces a structured, timestamped log.
• Reports are stored in a shared knowledge base — accessible to the entire team.
• Analysts can resume from any point: instead of restarting, they continue where the last teammate left off.

This turns phishing investigations into a team sport:

• Morning analysts in Europe can start an investigation.
• Afternoon analysts in India can pick it up with full context.
• Evening analysts in the US can finalize and close it, without losing a single detail.

Why It Matters

• No duplicate effort — every step is preserved.
• Shared intelligence — knowledge doesn’t disappear when an analyst logs off.
• Audit-ready — the journal is a forensic record of exactly how the investigation unfolded.

Feluda doesn’t just speed up phishing analysis — it makes it collaborative, persistent, and reliable across teams and time zones.

Comparative Overview

Feature	Traditional Investigation	With Feluda
Speed	Hours	Minutes
Consistency	Analyst-dependent	Gene-enforced
Accuracy	Varies with skill	Standardized, AI-assisted
Governance	Limited	Full logging & transparency
Scalability	Hard to replicate	Instant across global teams
Continuity	Lost between shifts	Journaling + resume from any point

Final Thoughts

Phishing investigations don’t have to be inconsistent or slow. Feluda makes them:

• Standardized — your entire team investigates the same way, every time.
• Scalable — new hires, junior analysts, or offshore teams instantly rise to enterprise standards.
• Adaptive — advanced teams can adjust or build Genes to evolve workflows.
• Governed — every action is logged, transparent, and auditable.
• Persistent — investigations continue seamlessly across shifts and teams.

For organizations where phishing is a daily battle, Feluda is not just another tool — it’s the operational backbone of phishing defense.

With a single click, you mainstream your investigation process. With time, you transform it into a living, evolving playbook that keeps pace with attackers — and keeps your team ahead.