Researchers used a GIF to prove they could access Microsoft Teams user data
Zoom isn’t the only video conferencing service attracting scrutiny from security researchers. Microsoft Teams, the technology giant’s professional collaboration tool, included a software bug that could have made it possible for hackers to steal data. Hackers could have used a malicious GIF to scrape user data from Microsoft Teams user accounts, spreading through an organization’s entire roster of employees who use the service, researchers from CyberArk announced Monday. The issue existed for three weeks between the end of February through mid-March, when much of the U.S. started to telework in response to the coronavirus pandemic. “The amount of data that goes into these applications is enormous and often includes confidential information from user names and passwords to top-secret business information – making them prime targets for attackers,” Omer Tsarfati, a CyberArk researcher, said in a blog post. CyberArk did not point to any evidence the issue had been exploited in […]
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