Who is affected
Organizations using Microsoft Teams alongside Active Directory Certificate Services are vulnerable to these targeted social engineering attacks.
How to mitigate it
- 1Train staff to verify any unsolicited IT support requests through a known secondary channel before granting remote PC access.
- 2Audit Active Directory Certificate Services templates and settings to remove misconfigurations that allow privilege escalation.
- 3Restrict and monitor the use of remote desktop software across all company devices.
- 4Monitor domain controllers and privileged accounts for unexpected certificate requests and suspicious logins.
How Outsource IT solves this
Managed Cybersecurity & Threat Protection safeguards your business with active identity defence and 24/7 monitoring to detect and block credential abuse before data can be stolen.
Managed Cybersecurity & Threat ProtectionTags
Microsoft TeamsPhishingActive DirectoryIdentity Theft
Source advisory: the-hacker-news
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