Office 365 adoption is continuing at a strong pace. With such a massive user base Office 365 is profitable prey for a persistent hacker familiar with how Office 365 works. As ransomware and phishing attacks increase, Office 365 has become a primary target, making it vital for IT professionals to take proactive steps and "hack-proof" their O365 environments. Microsoft has made great strides in cybersecurity, yet headlines continue to report countless exploits where hackers have undermined an O365 environment
Phishing awareness training should include the latest phishing delivery method: text messages. While text message phishing tends to go after user’s bank accounts, there is nothing to stop an attacker with knowledge of a company’s organizational structure from pretending to be the CFO in an “urgent” text to a finance employee