ORCA.180: Anti-phishing policy exists and EnableSpoofIntelligence is true.
| ID | ORCA.180 |
| Severity | Medium |
| Suite | ORCA |
| Product | Defender |
| Related products | Exchange Online |
| Feature | Anti-phishing |
| Security area | Email and collaboration protection |
| Resource type | Policy |
| User impact of fixing | Low |
| Effort to fix | Low |
| Framework controls | nist-800-53-r5:SI-8 Spam Protection |
| MITRE ATT&CK | T1566, T1684.002 |
| Reads from | Exchange Online |
| Licence needed | ATP_ENTERPRISE |
What this checks and how to fix it
Section titled “What this checks and how to fix it”When the sender email address is spoofed, the message appears to originate from someone or somewhere other than the actual source. Anti-spoofing protection examines forgery of the ‘From: header’ which is the one that shows up in an email client like Outlook. It is recommended to enable anti-spoofing protection in Office 365 Anti-phishing policies.
Remediation action
Section titled “Remediation action”Enable anti-spoofing protection in Anti-phishing policy.
Related Links
Section titled “Related Links”- Anti-spoofing protection in Office 365
- Microsoft 365 Defender Portal - Anti-phishing
- Recommended settings for EOP and Microsoft Defender for Office 365
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