Microsoft Defender for Office 365 identifies links as malicious

If you see a warning about a malicious link or site (like the one shown below), we always suggest that you exercise caution, however in some cases these warnings are false. After contacting the company that handles our online course content (Thinkific), they have confirmed there is nothing malicious on the site and this warning is likely related to Microsoft 365 security settings and advised that "anyone facing this issue should enable Safe Links in the Microsoft settings, and we also suggest asking them to open the link or the site URL in different browsers such as Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc."

You can learn more on the following link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/security/office-365-security/safe-links?view=o365-worldwide

Updated on: 12/04/2023