Hoxhunt training emails

The Hoxhunt Phishing Training teaches you to recognize and report phishing emails by sending you simulated phishing emails for you to recognize and report.

Each time you report one of Hoxhunt simulated phishing emails with your Hoxhunt button, you get to learn more about the particular simulated phishing email you received through a short micro training moment. The training is tailored to the training email you receive.

Depending on how your employer has set up Hoxhunt service, the following additional training features may be available to you:

• Security Awareness Training quizzes and learning cards. Read more: Security Awareness Training
• Training emails are automatically moved to Deleted Items folder after reporting. Read more: FEATURE: Remove Hoxhunt emails after reporting

Reporting experience in Web Outlook

When you report a Hoxhunt training email via Web Outlook, you are asked to allow Outlook to open a new window:

Report this email wants to display a new window.

When prompted, select Allow. If you select Ignore, the reporting process stops, and you are asked to select Allow next time.

Failed to open the dialog. 
Please try reporting the message again, but this time click "Allow" when asked to allow displaying a new window.

NOTE: If you keep answering Ignore, you will miss a major part of the Hoxhunt training experience.

The prompt doesn't appear when:

• Reporting any email in Classic Outlook for Windows, New Outlook for Windows, Mac Outlook or Mobile Outlook
• Reporting a suspicious email in Web Outlook

This is a technical safeguard set by Microsoft, but it can be circumvented by allowing pop-ups in browser settings.

Frequently asked questions

I reported the same simulation again and was rewarded with stars once more - does this mean I can keep gaining unlimited stars by repeatedly reporting the same email?

There is a visual indicator in Hoxhunt that can make it appear as though you can repeat reporting an email to receive additional stars, but the back end server is silently rejecting the additional reports as duplicate attempts. Once a simulation is correctly reported, it can no longer be reported again.

I have more questions!

If you have any questions about reporting Hoxhunt training emails, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team at support@hoxhunt.com