I have covered this before – a security flaw in Teams that Microsoft is in no hurry to fix, as the user has to comprise their own system. A situation that Microsoft has decided is unlikely!
First there was research.
Microsoft Teams – a way in for malicious software
Then there was a tool to exploit the flaw.
Now Microsoft Teams is a target for threat actors
Now they have even more to say on their planned response to a serious cyber security flaw in one of their flagship products.
Microsoft puts out Outlook fire, downplays Teams flaw • The Register
Including a fix…
…a Microsoft spokesperson said. “We encourage customers to practice good computing habits online, including exercising caution when clicking on links to web pages, opening unknown files, or accepting file transfers.”
Jessica Lyons Hardcastle – The Register
Do you use Teams? A quick count up shows I used it more than twenty-five times last week. Some of those were sensitive cyber security meetings.
I’d rather Microsoft just fixed it.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles