Libraesva PhishBrain v1.0 Release Notes

Originally published on 2021-07-29 at docs.libraesva.com.

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1828 (Jul 24 , 2026)

Changes

• Updated internal components

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1826 (Jul 2 , 2026)

Changes

• Added privacy and cookies policy pages

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1757 (Oct 6 , 2025)

Changes

• Added text on Test button in campaign wizard’s final step that explains what happens when test mail is sent.
• It is now easier check who reported the email in campaign summary.
• Some style changes on reset password page and email.

Bug fixes

• Fixed link that prevent the final landing page after the “fake” landing page in QR code campaigns.
• Fixed reset password page.

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1693 (Jun 17 , 2025)

Features

• New: Users: Single Sign On using SAML for MS 365. In Users section there is a new tab SAML, where it is possible to setup single sign on for microsoft 365 users using SAML. Check also the documentation at https://docs.libraesva.com/document/how-to-setup-saml-for-365-entra-id/ to setup it.

Bug fixes

• Table rows hover have been standardised, if the elements are clickable the background will be highlighted and the cursor will become a pointer.
• When a scheduled campaign has an error and the campaign can not be started it shows the error status in the campaigns scheduled list and in the campaign summary page too (clicking the edit button from the list).
• The campaign summary page now provides links to documentation on how to setup sending IP and send domains and setup Microsoft 365 and Gmail Applications.

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1674 (May 27 , 2025)

Features

• Create new filtered list changed style, checkboxes became toggle buttons.

Bug fixes

• Fixed behaviour on addresses import that let user to import wrong email addresses. They are now validated and the user is warned if any address is wrong.
• Fixed file picker UI and text on addresses import modal.
• Pointers on new list are now standardised.
• In user section the microsoft 365 button is missing if you go in local users. Now it’s fixed
• The new microsoft 365 connector is pointing to main tenant is you go in a subtenant; now this behaviour is fixed too.
• Fixed the menu selector relative to microsoft 365 user’s section.
• Template lists filtered for private/owned did not produced expected results. Now it does.
• Campaign and User’s statistics are now standardised.

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1628 (May 7 , 2025)

Features

• Enabled saas-relay cluster and worker in round-robin configuration.
• Admin can force users to change password (and eventually enable OTP) at next login.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the 0 value on % in pdf reports.

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1610 (Mar 27 , 2025)

Features

• New: Exercises: a teaching feature on spotting phishing attempts. It is now possible to create and send exercise campaigns.

Bug fixes

• Fixed several minor style issues on PhishBrain’s UI.

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1541 (Feb 19, 2025)

Changes

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1487 (Jan 27, 2025)

Features

• Username are now limited to alphanumeric chars and @ . _ - signs
• New: Campaigns: auto send of report email when campaign ends. It is now possible to send an email to a specified mail address when to campaign ends.
• New: Domains: move domain to sub tenant. It is now possible to create, verify and move a domain from a parent to sub tenant in case of multitenant account.
• New: Users: Single Sign On MS 365. In Users section there is a new tab Microsoft 365, where it is possible to setup single sign on for microsoft 365 users.

Bug fixes

• Fixed several minor issues and typos.

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1395 (Nov 21, 2024)

Features

• Changed styles in campaign wizard tables
• Added more informative flashes when some actions are done (i.e: forbidden actions, errors and so on).
• New: Templates: added attachment capability to templates. At the moment it is NOT possible to create or edit attachments.

Bug fixes

• Fixed several minor issues, typos and added fallbacks in checks.

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1262 (Jul 22, 2024)

Bug fixes

• Fixed several inconsistencies when users and admin tries to navigate in not their own sections
• Fixed typo in campaign wizard
• When a smishing campaign has been launched it is possible to see the real Delivery status

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1235 (Jul 11, 2024)

Features

• Improved performances on CI/CD
• Various optimizations on backend processes (i.e.: launching highchart, checking and managing saving files in directories)
• New: Campaigns: filter list / re-target user (when the campaign is completed it is possible to create a sublists from the list used for the campaign that just ended)
• New: Campaign wizard step 2 list searchbar (campaign wizard step 2 has a new interface and it’s now possible to filter the lists using a searchbar)

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug that prevent the user to select too many templates in campaigns
• Fixed memory usage on templates data

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1160 (Jun 12, 2024)

Features

• Improved campaign assets data storage and retrieval

Bug fixes

• Fixed bug that prevent the tenant owner impersonating a sub tenant to send campaigns to sub tenant

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.1149 (Jun 6, 2024)

Features

• Phishbrain passed to PHP 8.2 and Symfony 6,4; this led to the revamp of all the other packages and code for better security.
• New Templates can be cloned
• New Sub tenants can now send campaigns to tenant owner (parent tenant set this); also, parent tenant can impersonate and send campaigns to himself as parent
• missing timezone is shown under Suggestion card in dashboard

Bug fixes

• QR code in preview is now shown
• Azure/office365 list of addresses show now first name and surname the right way
• minor bugfixes in launch and deletion of a campaign
• OTP is back again
• Validation in WYSIWYG editor is displayed correctly
• You can’t save a template with no selected language
• minor UI fixes

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.859 (Feb 13, 2024)

Features

• New QRishing feature: available new placeholder to add phishing link as QRCode
• Improved address list CSV import interface

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.802 (Jan 15, 2024)

Features

• Campaign with no redirect or page 404 are now redirected to the same domain of the phishing campaign website

Bug fixes

• Username can be anything and is not tied to email anymore
• Password enforcing rules check now at least one lowercase character too
• Fixed case when having a single target campaign with multiple template does not randomize the template

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.777 (Jan 2, 2024)

Bug fixes

• Fixed missing custom logo in email and other branding issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.763 (Nov 24, 2023)

Features

• Added template languages support for French, Spanish and German

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.757 (Oct 23, 2023)

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue with domain verification during user creation

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.752 (Aug 1, 2023)

Bug fixes

• Fixed user impersonation issue

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.751 (Jun 27, 2023)

Bug fixes

• Fixed default timezone on new tenants and subtenants accordingly to node region

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.745 (May 30, 2023)

Bug fixes

• Fixed missing PDF Report generation

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.742 (Apr 18, 2023)

Bug fixes

• Fixed repeated campaigns issue

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.740 (Apr 13, 2023)

Bug fixes

• Fixed misalignment between risk score counters and data shown in event type charts

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.736 (Apr 5, 2023)

Features

• Improved import and managing of big address lists (> 1000 addresses)

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.729 (Mar 29, 2023)

Bug fixes

• Fixed minor issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.704 (Feb 24, 2023)

Bug fixes

• Fixed sms service issue

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.684 (Feb 13, 2023)

Bug fixes

• Fixed occasional sms status “Errored”

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.680 (Jan 16, 2023)

Bug fixes

• Reduced smishing url length in sms text (overall limited to 160 characters) to improve user available space

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.671 (Jan 10, 2023)

Features

• Added detection of events originated by automatic scanning systems, added notification on the event and excluded from results processing

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.666 (Dec 6, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Fixed timezone issue in reschedule action from campaign list

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.662 (Nov 22, 2022)

Features

• Added timezone setting on User

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.656 (Nov 4, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Improved portal performance and reliability
• Improved password recovery process
• Fixed editing of campaign scheduling properties when the campaign is already launched
• Improved default setting and localization consistent with selected node

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.642 (Oct 17, 2022)

Features

• Improved teachable moment UI when displayed on mobile device

Bug fixes

• Fixed security issue when using custom URL redirect

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.637 (Oct 3, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Fixed license check issue

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.630 (Aug 30, 2022)

Features

• Improved UX while switching nodes on login page

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.626 (Aug 23, 2022)

Features

• Ability to customize sender name (local part) in addition to sender domain in template (default: noreply@)
• Added query field to filter addresses in Google Directory address list synchronization
• Improved UX to discern between scheduled and repeated campaigns

Bug fixes

• Check branding logo format to prevent Print PDF issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.611 (Aug 16, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Fixed public templates region sync issue

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.608 (Aug 10, 2022)

Features

• PhishBrain is now multi-region.

  New regional areas are available in the United Kingdom (uk.phishbrain.net) and the United States (us.phishbrain.net) along with the original Europe area.
  New users can choose the region when they create an account. All data will remain within the chosen region. Current accounts in the European region cannot be migrated to other regions.
  Note: links in PhishBrain emails are on a 3rd level domain related to the region. Example: uk.phishingdomain.tld. Landing pages are also have a regional 3rd level domain

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.588 (Jul 28, 2022)

Features

• Added statistics CSV export by addresses/campaigns

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.586 (Jul 20, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Fixed minor issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.579 (Jun 22, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Fixed search issue on Campaign events

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.578 (Jun 20, 2022)

Features

• Shown TOTP token during 2FA activation process below QRCode

Bug fixes

• Fixed Microsoft Graph query escaping chars issues in Office 365 connector
• Fixed error 500 on PhishBrian landing page
• Fixed visual inconsistency in campaign detail between overall values and data shown in event graphs by type
• Minor issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.557 (May 4, 2022)

Features

• Added risk explanation on PhishBrain landing page. When risk category is set on template on PhishBrain landing page will be shown an explanation about what they missed to detect the phishing campaign, what threat they are facing and how to protect themself (more info)

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.546 (Apr 5, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Fix loading issue on activity list when show all items (per page) selected

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.541 (Mar 30, 2022)

Features

• Added template details and preview images on campaign report PDF
• Added ability to export addresses statistics and risk data

Bug fixes

• Fix PDF report generation when customer is using his own logo

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.530 (Mar 7, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Fixed template gallery privacy filter issue

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.526 (Mar 1, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Improved performance in template gallery
• Minor issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.515 (Feb 16, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue while save customized template
• Minor issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.511 (Feb 14, 2022)

Features

• Released “Submit as phishing” Outlook add-in to track campaign user’s ability to identify phishing awareness email
• License check and charge it (in case of per sends license) at message send time instead at campaign launch time. This allows you to close a campaign before all scheduled sends are executed without lose unused licensed sends
• Ability to select multiple templates on campaign wizard, each target from the list will randomly receive one of the selected templates
• Target lists (Google connector) ability to direct upload JSON file to populate service account data
• Campaign list, added Scheduled tab to show more clearly which campaign will be recreated by rescheduling
• Ability to create, with multiple selection, PDF report for specific user/campaign and send it via email
• Tuned risk score and considering campaign Detection Difficulty

Bug fixes

• Compatibility issues on Edge and Safari browsers
• Issue on adding private key for Google list service account
• Minor issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.473 (Jan 24, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Already scheduled emails used to be sent even if the campaign was then set as manually completed, now the scheduled sending stops immediately when the campaign is set as completed
• The order of sending emails used to follow the order of the list, now it is randomized

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.461 (Jan 19, 2022)

Bug fixes

• Improved UI on campaign activities grid
• Improved domain invalidation check

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.442 (Jan 4, 2022)

Features

• New smishing campaign type (Phishing via SMS)
• Template type filter on template page
• Add NIST Detection Difficulty value on campaign details
• Recovery forgot password

Bug fixes

• Fix minor issues
• Improved performance on Stats grid
• Fix favicon

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.369 (Dec 3, 2021)

Features

• Add new send domain enelenergia.email

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.384 (Dec 1, 2021)

Features

• Add new send domain a2a.email

Bug fixes

• Fix compatibility issue while printing PDF report on Safari, Edge and Firefox browsers

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.360 (Nov 22, 2021)

Features

• Add check to launch date and tracking timeframe consistency
• Add ability to change email address on user detail
• Add sort to risk score column
• Add preview generation to on custom templates

Bug fixes

• Fix multiple tracking of ‘Open Email’ events
• Ordered templates by newest
• Fix exclamation mark as password allowed symbols
• Fix minor issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.264 (Oct 22, 2021)

Features

• Audit feature to log users activities

Bug fixes

• Fix campaign wizard test email differences on PhishBrain landing page respect campaign configuration
• Ordered templates by newest
• Fix minor issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.239 (Oct 4, 2021)

Bug fixes

• Fixed minor issues

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.226 (Sep 29, 2021)

Features

• Allowed to select what will happen once target click on email link or submit data on landing page
  • Redirect to blank page
  • Redirect to 404 Page Not Found
  • Redirect to Custom URL (URL must belong to a verified domain)
  • Classic PhishBrain landing page (eventually with teachable moment video)
• Added license assigned/used columns on tenant list

Bug fixes

• Fixed email static resources extraction issue
• Fixed missing translation in the template selection during the campaign creation wizard
• Increased OTP validation time window

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.196 (Sep 21, 2021)

Features

• Improved image upload on template and email editor
• Improved CSV addresses list import with update ability on existing addresses

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.190 (Sep 15, 2021)

Features

• Added user impersonation for tenant administrator
• Added NIST Phish Scale values on templates (Number of cues) and campaigns (Premise Alignment)
• Added code edit on template email and landing page

Bug fixes

• Fixed blank charts on user report PDF

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.168 (Sep 1, 2021)

Features

• Added OTP activation suggestion badge
• Added activity and overall risk score charts on campaign page with print to PDF ability
• Added button in the lists of users and campaigns to open relative details

Bug fixes

• Minor issues and improvements
• Fixed logo and format in email notifications
• Fixed blank page on user report PDF

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.138 (Aug 9, 2021)

Bug fixes

• Improved compatibility in address list CSV import
• Fixed broken images in phishing email when opened from Gmail interface

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.123 (Aug 4, 2021)

Features

• Improved address list import from CSV file
• Implemented Two Factor Authentication (2FA) with One Time Password (OTP)
• Added ability to set custom teaching video
• Added ip address and user agent in campaign activities CSV export

Bug fixes

• Fixed Safari browser issue on campaign wizard
• Fixed page positioning in templates browsing
• Fixed teaching page inconsistence, localized texts and other improvements

Changes in PhishBrain 1.0.75 (Jul 27, 2021)

Features

• Add PDF report to risk score page
• Added template ranking (difficulty)

Bug Fixes

• Branding: allow removing your logo
• Click rate and Submit rate update issue

Changes in PhishBrain v1.0.0

First service release.