Exchange Safe Link policy disabled or removed
Synopsis
Activation Period
14 Days
Training Period
30 Days
Test Period
N/A (single event)
Deduplication Period
1 Day
Required Data
Office 365 Audit
Detection Modules
Identity Threat Module, SaaS Threat Detection, Email
ATT&CK Tactic
Initial Access (TA0001), Defense Impairment (TA0112)
ATT&CK Technique
Disable or Modify Tools (T1685), Phishing: Spearphishing Link (T1566.002)
Severity
Low
Description
A user disabled an Exchange Safe Link policy, which provides phishing protection to emails that contain hyperlinks.
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.
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