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43% -- phishing attack target share for Microsoft accounts (including Microsoft 365) (2025)
Microsoft accounts (including Microsoft 365) are the targets of 43% of all phishing attempts according to a study by dataprot.net.
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43%
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2025
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EMEA
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https://pro-networks.co.uk/blog/cloud-computing/learn-love-your-mailbox-pro-networks-mailsafe ↗
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Learn To Love Your Mailbox With Pro-Networks MailSafe
You know the feeling, you get back from a few days off work to hundreds, if not thousands of unread emails in your inbox. Some of these are important, most are likely junk. Some may be scam or phishing attempts, designed to trick you or your staff into granting unauthorised access to the network, or…
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Microsoft accounts (including Microsoft 365): 43% phishing attack target share. Source: dataprot.net (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/phishing-attempts-target-microsoft-accounts
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/phishing-attempts-target-microsoft-accounts" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>43%</strong> -- phishing attack target share for Microsoft accounts (including Microsoft 365)<br><small>Source: dataprot.net (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/phishing-attempts-target-microsoft-accounts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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