Security News > 2020 > November > Office 365 will let admins review Microsoft Forms phishing attempts
Microsoft is working on adding a new Microsoft Forms phishing attempt review feature that will allow Office 365 admins to confirm and block forms that try to maliciously harvest sensitive data.
Phishing attempts are detected by Microsoft Forms with the help of proactive phishing detection, a protection feature that will proactively identify malicious password collection in forms and surveys.
Starting with the feature's roll-out to all standard multi-tenants during November 2020, IT admins can examine all forms automatically tagged as phishing attempts to make sure that those that try to harvest the users' sensitive info for use in future malicious campaigns.
Click on the Forms admin review URL link in the notification to review blocked forms.
Microsoft Forms will also automatically block users if they repeatedly try to collect information by distributing forms.
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