Security News > 2021 > July > Microsoft Teams now automatically blocks phishing attempts
Microsoft has extended Defender for Office 365 Safe Links protection to Microsoft Teams to safeguard users from malicious URL-based phishing attacks.
"With today's announcement, organizations with Microsoft Defender for Office 365 can further protect Microsoft Teams users from malicious phishing attacks that are often orchestrated using weaponized URLs," Microsoft said.
The newly Safe Links protection is now generally available to all Teams users, and it works for links in conversations, group chats, and Teams channels.
Since there is no Safe Links policy enabled by default, you will have to create one or more policies to get the protection of Safe Links in Microsoft Teams.
To configure Safe Links to protect your Microsoft Teams users, set up a Safe Links policy in the Microsoft 365 Defender portal.
Microsoft has also enhanced Exchange Online phishing protection capabilities in March by adding support for external email message tags, which automatically marks all messages received from external senders.
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