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GV IT
Brass Contributor
Jan 15, 2019

user received alot of spam mails

one of my users received alot of spam mails overnight.

is this a O365 issue

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  • Kashu855's avatar
    Kashu855
    Copper Contributor
    In order to anlayze the details i would suggest you to do the following steps:
    1.Get the message header of some emails and share the same(https://support.office.com/en-us/article/view-internet-message-headers-cd039382-dc6e-4264-ac74-c048563d212c)
    2.run a message trace from exchange admin center by adding the recipient email(affected user):https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/exchange/monitoring/trace-an-email-message/run-a-message-trace-and-view-results
    I have attached the links for the steps to run a message trace and get the internet headers of an email(make sure your are getting the header from the user inbox not a forwarded copy of the same email)
    Once you have the above two informations kindly share the same.
    (Note: please do not mind the spelling mistakes)
    • GV IT's avatar
      GV IT
      Brass Contributor
      we just realized that this user is not only receiving spams.
      his email is sending out spam mails since yesterday afternoon.
      one every 3-4 mins.
      beside changing password what else can we do ?
      • Kashu855's avatar
        Kashu855
        Copper Contributor
        Follow the steps mentioned in the article:
        https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/office365security/how-to-fix-a-compromised-hacked-microsoft-office-365-account/

        And make sure you check if someone else has permission on this mailbox and i would suggest you check for mailbox audit log( if it is turned on) for anu unusual sign ins.
        You may also get the azure sign in logs from the azure AD portal.
        Turn on Multi factor authentication for this account immediately.

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