‘I’ll Teams you’: Employees assume security of links, file sharing via Microsoft comms platform

Data Breach

by Bradley Barth - January 12, 20210

Phishing campaign spoofs Microsoft domain. Is lack of DMARC enforcement to blame?

Pictured: a building at Microsoft Corporation headquarters in Redmond, Washington. (Coolcaesar/CC BY-SA 4.0via Wikimedia Commons) Microsoft Teams is prone to the same phishing hazards, impersonation scams and privacy violations as email is, yet many users naïvely treat this and other workplace communications platforms with inherent trust. As a result, they often

Dell monitors embrace video calls with pop-up webcams and Teams buttons built in

Cyber Security

by Devin Coldewey - January 7, 20210

Dell’s latest monitors reflect the growing need for simple, solid solutions to video conferencing needs, with a clever pop-up camera and a perhaps too clever by half Teams integration. The new displays integrate a number of advanced features — but they’re still made strictly with offices in mind. The new

Security teams struggle with ransomware, cloud services

Data Breach

by Derek B. Johnson - September 23, 20200

Ransomware, insecure internet-facing systems and attacks against cloud-based services are among the top threats facing industry this year, according to new and recent threat intelligence reporting. The Q2 threat report released today by Rapid7 and detailing the latest tools and tactics used in cyber campaigns targeting the private sector, pegged

A2V teams with utilities to secure supply chain

Data Breach

by Teri Robinson - August 16, 20200

Utilities are gearing up to meet the security requirements laid out in the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) Security Compliance Standards: NERC Critical Infrastructure (NERC-CIP) standards and waiting to see how a presidential executive order, also designed at securing bulk power systems (BPS), shakes out. That’s created an opportunity for the Asset

Microsoft makes Teams video meetings less tiring with its new Together mode

Cyber Security

by Frederic Lardinois - July 9, 20200

Microsoft makes Teams video meetings less tiring with its new Together mode

Video meetings. While the move to remote work during the COVID-19 pandemic may have made them mainstream, they are not without issues and more and more people are now opting out. For good reason. As it turns out, it’s really hard for our brains to sustain concentration while we’re trying

Ragnar Locker teams up with Maze; DopplePaymer, Zorab ransomware wreak havoc

Data Breach

by Bradley Barth - June 10, 20200

Snatch ransomware encrypts files in Safe Mode to thwart security software

Shortly after the Maze ransomware gang teased that another threat actor would be joining its newly formed cybercrime cartel, the group has appeared to welcome the Ragnar Locker group into the fold. Maze announced a new victim on its data dump website — in this case, a marketing agency — but

GitHub is now free for all teams

Cyber Security

by Frederic Lardinois - April 19, 20200

GitHub today announced that all of its core features are now available for free to all users, including those that are currently on free accounts. That means free unlimited private repositories with unlimited collaborators for all, including teams that use the service for commercial projects, as well as up to

Microsoft says video calls in Teams grew 1,000% in March

Cyber Security

by Frederic Lardinois - April 11, 20200

Microsoft says video calls in Teams grew 1,000% in March

With the COVID-19 pandemic making work from home the default for those companies that are able to do so, it’s no surprise that we are seeing a massive rise in the usage of video chat tools like Zoom, Google Meet and Teams. We’d already heard some updates from Zoom

Microsoft Teams is coming to consumers — but Skype is here to stay

Cyber Security

by Frederic Lardinois - April 6, 20200

Microsoft Teams is coming to consumers — but Skype is here to stay

Microsoft today announced that later this year, it will launch what is essentially a consumer version of Teams, its Slack-like text, audio and video chat application. Teams for your personal life, as Microsoft likes to call it, will feature a number of tools that will make it easier for

Microsoft Teams goes down — just as everyone starts working from home

Cyber Security

by Zack Whittaker - March 22, 20200

Facebook, Reddit, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter and YouTube issue joint statement on misinformation

Microsoft Teams, the collaboration software that rivals Slack, is currently down. A lot of workers are staying at home because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Countries are shutting borders, entire industries are struggling, the U.S. Federal Reserve has slashed interest rates and governments are scrambling to protect their populations by asking