ORCA.123: Unusual Characters Safety Tips is enabled.
| ID | ORCA.123 |
| Severity | Info |
| Suite | ORCA |
| Product | Defender |
| Related products | Exchange Online |
| Feature | Anti-phishing |
| Security area | Email and collaboration protection |
| Resource type | Policy |
| Framework controls | nist-800-53-r5:SI-8 Spam Protection |
| MITRE ATT&CK | T1566, T1684.001 |
| Reads from | Exchange Online |
| Licence needed | ATP_ENTERPRISE |
What this checks and how to fix it
Section titled “What this checks and how to fix it”Microsoft Defender for Office 365 can show a warning tip to recipients where the sender name or email address contains character sets that aren’t usually used together.
Remediation action
Section titled “Remediation action”Enable Unusual Characters Safety Tips so that users can receive visible indication on incoming messages.
Related Links
Section titled “Related Links”- Microsoft 365 Defender Portal - Anti-phishing
- Recommended settings for EOP and Microsoft Defender for Office 365 security
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