CyberSec Roundup
A synopsis of the Latest Cybersecurity News

Hackers target Teams

Security researchers at Avanan have warned that since January, hackers are using compromised Microsoft Teams accounts to spread malware. These accounts, most likely compromised during phishing campaigns, are used to send trojans to others users within Teams, which will allow attackers to take control of their computers. Since Teams doesn’t have built in protection against malicious files, users need to be careful when opening files within the application.

LinkedIn phishing Scams

Cybersecurity firm Egress noticed an increase of 232% in phishing emails impersonating LinkedIn. Users of the popular platform need to be on the alert, as these emails look similar to the company’s actual emails, using the company’s logo and similar branding styles and colors. If the links in these emails are clicked, they will send unsuspecting users to a page that will attempt to steal their LinkedIn credentials.

DDoS attacks by GRU

The Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Ukraine and two of the country’s state-owned banks, Privatbank and Oschadbank, were hit by DDoS attacks last week. The White House and the UK government both stated that the attacks were carried out by Russia’s GRU hackers, based on technical information they reviewed, however, the Kremlin has denied the accusation. Given the current situation, these types of attacks were expected.

By: David Pinder
IT & Security Consultant
Certified Ethical Hacker (Master)