


You should send reports of phishing attempts to the FTC, but since most people don’t, it’s hard to know how often such phishing happens. The FBI does warn people about the risks of SIM swapping and phishing tools, but two-factor authentication is still effective in protecting accounts. Not much data is available about the specifics of phishing attempts like this, but the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center received 25,344 reports of phishing in 2017 (PDF). Unlike a stolen password, two-factor authentication software tokens need to be grabbed in real time to be useful. Someone could email you a link to a fake Gmail login page saying your account needs an update, where you then log in with your username, password, and two-factor authentication token. It is still susceptible to advanced phishing attempts. But two-factor authentication isn’t perfect-no security tool is. To learn more, see Enable per-user Azure Active Directory Multi-Factor Authentication to secure sign-in events.Two-factor authentication can protect against more-basic phishing attempts, such as when a fake login page tries to steal your password. User state changes to enforced when enabled users sign in and complete the registration process.User state changes to enabled when you enroll them in per-user Azure Active Directory Multi-Factor Authentication.You can enforce MFA by selecting Enforce when using the preceding steps.

Thereafter, they're asked at sign-in to provide a code that's sent to them by email or text message (depending on which method they selected).

"Enabled" in this procedure means that the user is asked to set up MFA verification when they sign in for the first time.
