Suspicious Email Delivered In Microsoft 365
Detects instances where an email, identified as malicious or suspicious by the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (formerly ATP) engine, was delivered to a user's Inbox or Junk folder. It might indicate that a…
Description
Detects instances where an email, identified as malicious or suspicious by the Microsoft Defender for Office 365 (formerly ATP) engine, was delivered to a user's Inbox or Junk folder. It might indicate that a potential threat, such as a spearphishing attachment or links, has bypassed initial blocking mechanisms and reached an end-user, requiring further investigation and potential remediation.
Detection logic
Detection requirements
- Platform
- Identity ProviderLinuxmacOSOffice SuiteSaaSWindows
The rule states no platform. This is derived from the ATT&CK technique it maps to.
- Log source product
- m365
- Log source service
- audit
Known benign triggers
- Unlikely
MITRE ATT&CK mappings
0 exclusive techniques.This is coverage no other published rule has; it is not this rule's total technique count.
References
| Reference | Cited by |
|---|---|
| github.com/Bert-JanP/Hunting-Queries-Detection-Rules/blob/e7250648cb16d4a497ae8737943bf010ea96d2e6/Defender%20For%20Cloud%20Apps/MaliciousEmailDeliveredInMailbox.md | Only this detection cites it |
| learn.microsoft.com/en-us/defender-office-365/threat-explorer-real-time-detections-about | Only this detection cites it |
| research.splunk.com/cloud/605cc93a-70e4-4ee3-9a3d-1a62e8c9b6c2/ | Only this detection cites it |
From the source
- At source
- Open at source
- Upstream identifier
- 3569aefd-e535-4391-8c18-24bd01a21eaf
- Tagged by the source as
- attack.initial-access
Licence
- Published under
- Detection Rule License 1.1Read the licence
- Attribution
- Required
Authorship
- Published
- Aug 26, 2026
- Version
- 1