180-200 Million phishing emails every month

Some fascinating figures from the latest Microsoft security research, in the Security Intelligence Report volume 23. So how prolific is phishing in Office 365?

 

Taking in threat intelligence from Office 365 Advanced Threat Protection and Exchange Online Protection over three months:

 

"The Microsoft Office 365 security research team has been detecting approximately 180-200M phishing emails every month"

 

Wow, that's a lot of emails! Going a step further what threats did ATP detect the most as well as phishing: 

 

Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 23 is now available

 

No surprise phishing attempts are so abundant but there are types of threats as well.  Well worth keeping an eye out for Attack Simulator for Office 365 Threat Intelligence developments: 

 

"Admins can launch simulated attacks on their end users, determine how end users behave in the event of an attack, and update policies and ensure that appropriate security tools are in place to protect the organization from threats"

 

This will help organizations check their readiness for these types of attacks and how staff deal with these threats.