Hackers Attack Employees Over Microsoft Teams to Trick Them Into Granting Remote Access
- 501Secure Team
- Mar 31
- 1 min read
By Guru Baran, Cybersecurity News
Summary: Cybersecurity News advises to be on the lookout for attacks that target MS Teams users. Cyber attackers overwhelm a target user's inbox with junk messages and then sends a message via Microsoft Teams posing as internal IT support offering to fix the email problem. The user is asked to launch Quick Assist, a built-in Microsoft remote-support application commonly used by legitimate IT support for screen sharing and device control during service calls. Once the employee allows access to Quick Assist, the attacker uses it to install ransomware that can be launched at a later time.
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