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'An interesting evolution in tactics': Google security experts flag new cyber scam which abuses Microsoft Teams to steal your data

Security.
  • Google identifies new threat group, UNC6692, using spam floods and fake IT support messages via Microsoft Teams to trick victims
  • Targets were lured to a landing page that harvested credentials and deployed a three‑part malware framework themed around snow
  • The toolkit includes a persistence‑focused browser extension, a tunneling tool for data exfiltration, and a backdoor enabling full endpoint takeover

Google has sounded the alarm on a previously undocumented threat actor group that uses cheeky social engineering tactics to deploy a trilogy of malware.

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