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Kali Linux 2022.1 released: New tools, kali-linux-everything, visual changesOffensive Security has released Kali Linux 2022.1, the latest version of its popular open source penetration testing platform. Attackers use Microsoft Teams as launchpad for malwareHackers are starting to realize that Microsoft Teams is a great means of spreading tentacles throughout an organization's systems; since the start of the year, Avanan has been seeing hackers increasingly dropping malware in Teams conversation.

Cyberattack threat: Corporate users infected via Microsoft Teams. Researchers from Avanan, a Check Point company, have announced the discovery of attacks exploiting the Microsoft Teams communication platform to infect corporate users.

Hackers are starting to realize that Microsoft Teams is a great means of spreading tentacles throughout an organization's systems; since the start of the year, Avanan has been seeing hackers increasingly dropping malware in Teams conversation. To be able to use this avenue of attack, hackers need to take control of a Microsoft Teams account.

Threat actors are targeting Microsoft Teams users by planting malicious documents in chat threads that execute Trojans that ultimately can take over end-user machines, researchers have found.In January, researchers at Avanan, a Check Point Company, began tracking the campaign, which drops malicious executable files in Teams conversations that, when clicked on, eventually take over the user's computer, according to a report published Thursday.

Security researchers warn that some attackers are compromising Microsoft Teams accounts to slip into chats and spread malicious executables to participants in the conversation. More than 270 million users are relying on Microsoft Teams every month, many of them trusting the platform implicitly, despite the absence of protections against malicious files.

Microsoft has drastically reduced Microsoft Teams' power requirements in calls and meetings since June 2020, improving experience consistency and making it more friendly with low-end devices. Robert Aichner, a Principal Group Program Manager at Microsoft, said today that Microsoft Teams now uses up to 50% less power during energy-intensive scenarios like meetings between more than 10 participants where all of them have video toggled on.

As many as 70% of teams report feeling emotionally overwhelmed by security alerts. Cynet aims to correct that in this guide, starting by shining a light on the cause of the problem and the full extent of its consequences and then offering a few ways lean security teams can pull their analysts out of the ocean of false positives and get them back to shore.

While the world's leading financial services evolved, so did the criminals who use increasingly sophisticated methods to commit fraud. For years, many of the world's largest financial institutions treated financial fraud and cybersecurity as separate departments with differing roles, responsibilities, and threats.

Code review remains the biggest influence on improving code quality with unit testing a distant second, a SmartBear survey reveals. With development teams getting larger and remaining remote, a tool-based code review process offers the best advantage, as indicated by 80% of satisfied respondents.

A research from ISACA explores the latest trends in enterprise privacy - from privacy workforce and privacy by design to privacy challenges and the future of privacy. The report highlights the persistent understaffing that is impacting enterprise privacy teams.