Microsoft Teams susceptible to malicious files just like any other platform, asserts report

A new report from Avanan is making the rounds, reminding Microsoft Teams users to ensure everything's on the upwardly-and-upward before accepting files from chats on the platform. Because, simply like with emails, malicious items tin can exist distributed in unsuspecting forms designed to catch you off guard.

The report indicates that, since Jan 2022, Avanan has seen thousands of attacks taking place over Teams chats, wherein malicious executables are distributed by spoofed or compromised accounts in order to laterally invade userbases (via WinFuture). The executables in question are Trojans that infect and take over PCs.

Threat actors tin invade peoples' Teams accounts via whatsoever of the routes used to invade any type of online account, including credential theft from previous phishing attacks (Microsoft 365 and email credentials are favorite targets).

While a lone written report isn't ever indicative of life-or-expiry problems and, in Avanan's case, sure details are left ambiguous equally to just how serious the problem actually is, the general public service proclamation underscoring the findings is an important i: Don't assume a file is safe just because it was sent via Teams. Some people may treat content disseminated through the platform as to a higher place reproach unlike, say, an electronic mail zipper, but such things should be treated with equal scrutiny.

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams is a popular communications platform and, as such, is susceptible to all the risks such platforms typically incur. With that said, it'due south a useful tool for organizational discourse.

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