From the course: Microsoft Office 365: Advanced Threat Protection (Office 365/Microsoft 365)
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Email spoofing and spoof intelligence - Office 365 Tutorial
From the course: Microsoft Office 365: Advanced Threat Protection (Office 365/Microsoft 365)
Email spoofing and spoof intelligence
- [Instructor] Let's review how Office 365 ATP Email Spoofing works and how you are protected with spoof intelligence. Spoofing is the act of sending out communications made to look as though they originate from a different user or source. For example, some could create an email which impersonates another sender using the reputation of the impersonated person or company to gain the trust of an email recipient. Spoofing is usually carried out for fraudulent or malicious purposes such as sending out fake emails, impersonating a bank, to gain password information to then steal money. Before we can chastise all spoof emails, there can be a few legitimate reasons for spoofing. For example, a third party company can send out a survey or advertising on your behalf. An assistant, such as a PA who sends out emails on another person's behalf. And sending emails from a mailing list application, although the mailing list is not sent from the sender's email address, it will be spoofed to look as…
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