Microsoft wants to provide more security to its users and Outlook will allow alerts when a phishing threat is detected

The growth of devices that are permanently connected has significantly increased the threats that circulate through the network. We are talking about a greater number of elements susceptible to falling victim to a virtual attacker and also an increase in the ways to carry out these attacks.

And despite the increase in possibilities, email continues to be one of the sources through which our data and privacy are most easily exposed.Risks such as identity theft or phishing are the order of the day and Microsoft with Outlook wants to make it a little more difficult for phishing to succeed and for these threats to reach good port.

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When we talk about a phishing attack, we are referring to the attempt to violate the security of our equipment, of our network through a system in which a cyber attacker tries to impersonate our identity Generally through an email that tries to disguise itself as a real email>"

And now we know thanks to Aggiornamenti Lumia on his Twitter account, that Microsoft is testing a new feature in Outlook that would allow users to report an emailthat they can consider as a possible phishing threat .

If a user receives a suspicious email, they will be able to access a button as a shortcut that will allow them to report this type of messageto Microsoft and if necessary, that the company take the necessary measures to avoid the threat.This is an improvement that is very close to reaching Outlook in the web version and that will later make the leap to iOS and Android so that all Outlook users have the same level of protection.

Along with this improvement that is preparing to arrive in Outlook, it is convenient to remember that to avoid phishing as well as other threats it is enough to take a series of logical and essential measuresDo not respond to suspicious messages via email, WhatsApp, SMS, social networks, click on links that are not from official web pages (when faced with a link in an email, it is advisable to go to the official website and secure) and secure or open attachments. Likewise, it is always advisable to keep both the antivirus, the programs to avoid malware and the browsers that we have installed up to date.

Via | AggiornamentiLumia on Twitter Cover image | madartzgraphics