Email security risks to watch before you click or reply Microsoft recently released a year-long analysis of email threats detected by Microsoft Defender for Office 365. While the report is aimed at enterprise IT teams, the underlying patterns are useful for anyone who uses email—which is almost everyone. Here’s what the data shows and what you can do with it. ...
What Microsoft’s Year-Long Email Security Study Means for Your Inbox In June 2026, Microsoft published a detailed analysis of a year’s worth of email security data collected from Microsoft Defender. The report covers how many phishing and malware emails were blocked, how quickly threats were detected, and what types of attacks are most common. While the data comes from Microsoft’s own systems (and reflects their perspective), it offers a useful snapshot of the current threat landscape for anyone who relies on email—which is essentially everyone. ...