Analytics BIOC Low

Exchange Safe Link policy disabled or removed

A user disabled an Exchange Safe Link policy, which provides phishing protection to emails that contain hyperlinks.

Module:
Identity Threat Detection (ITDR), SaaS Threat Detection, Email Security
Licensed by:
Identity Threat Detection (ITDR)
Licensed by:
Email Security
Data source:
Office 365 Audit
ATT&CK tactics: Defense Evasion (TA0005) Initial Access (TA0001)
ATT&CK techniques: Impair Defenses: Disable or Modify Tools (T1562.001) Phishing: Spearphishing Link (T1566.002)
Attacker's goals:

An attacker is attempting to bypass security measures associated with hyperlinks in email messages.

Investigative actions:

Follow further actions done by the account. Verify that the configuration change was expected. Look for email messages received with hyperlinks. Check for a possible phishing campaign on the organization.

Test period:
N/A (single event)
Deduplication:
1 Day