Protecting users and domains with anti-phishing protection and policies
Phishing is a practice utilized by malicious actors to trick email users into revealing personal or sensitive information, such as passwords or credit card numbers. Phishing is a form of what is known as social engineering. In this type of attack, emails are sent by what appear to be genuine and reputable email domains from well-known and trusted organizations, but in fact originate from malicious sources.
It is extremely difficult to prevent phishing attacks, as the average email user is not trained to look for clues and signs that would alert trained IT professionals that an email is not genuine. Educating your users on the principles of phishing and what they need to be aware of is certainly a good start in trying to minimize phishing attacks within your environment. However, education alone is not enough, and this is where Microsoft Defender for Office 365 comes in.
Microsoft Defender for Office 365 includes...
