Watch out for fake files in Microsoft Teams
You may trust your chat in teams. Some hospitals even use it for talking about patient info. But new research shows attackers are using Teams to trick us into downloading poisonous files.
Cybersecurity company Avanan says cyber crooks are breaking into Teams, likely using stolen passwords, and inserting malicious files into chats. If you click on them, you can download malware that can take over your computer.
"Most employees have been trained to second-guess identities in email, but few know how to make sure that the name and photo they see in a Teams conversation are real. It is simple to edit a profile and become most anyone you like," the report says.
This is a good warning to look a little more skeptically at what you see in Teams. Check out the web address of the file your colleagues want you to download. Ask yourself if the message seems a little out of the ordinary. And let's hope our doctors will do the same.
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