Microsoft Teams is the world’s most popular collaboration tool - used by over 300 million users globally. Its popularity stems from its breadth of collaboration capabilities, including instant chat, conversational channels, online meetings, and video calls. However, the sheer volume of content generated by these collaboration workflows can quickly lead to content management challenges.

In today’s digital landscape, the need for real-time communication has never been greater. For engineers in IT teams and service desk analysts, the ability to exchange information swiftly and effortlessly can make all the difference in resolving critical issues, brainstorming solutions, and fostering a productive work environment.

Recently, a team of experts from JumpSEC Labs discovered a vulnerability in Microsoft Teams that allows malicious actors to bypass policy controls and introduce malware through external communication channels. Leaving end-users susceptible to phishing attacks. Microsoft’s advice is to educate end-users to detect phishing attempts. One workaround would be to disable Microsoft Teams collaboration with external organizations.

Microsoft's security team has recently made a significant discovery regarding an increase in cyber-attacks orchestrated by the Russian state-backed group known as the Midnight Blizzard crew. This group, which also operates under the aliases Nobelium, APT29, Cozy Bear, Iron Hemlock, and The Dukes, has been actively targeting personal credentials, according to Microsoft's findings. The Midnight Blizzard hackers employ residential proxy services to conceal the source IP addresses of their attacks.