https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/12/github_malware_popularity/
#GitHub infrastructure is frequently abused by criminals …due to…"living-off-trusted-sites" strategy…according to the @RecordedFuture's Insikt Group, often rely on GitHub for #payloaddelivery, #deaddrop resolving of code, #dataexfiltration, and #commandandcontrol

"Using GitHub…allows adversaries to blend in with legitimate network traffic, often bypassing traditional security defenses and making upstream infrastructure tracking and actor attribution more difficult…"

So, are we going to talk about how GitHub is an absolute boon for malware, or nah?

Microsoft says it's doing its best to crack down on crims

The Register

Bottom line on the #TeamsPhisher #vulnerability - it's up to #enterprise #admins to #secure the platform by disabling #Teams messages from external tenants, or use "allow-listed" domains only.

Here's a good article from SC Media reporting on the topic: https://www.scmagazine.com/news/cloud-security/microsoft-teamsphisher-nothing-to-see-here

#malware #payloaddelivery #cyberthreats #cyber #cybersecurity #sysadmins #phishing

Microsoft on TeamsPhisher: ‘Nothing to see here’

Microsoft appears to have no plans to patch the vulnerability, which is now being used by red teams as a malicious payload delivery method.

SC Media