Identity Abuse Through Trusted Communication Channels
Unit 42 documents how attackers abuse Teams, Slack, and similar trusted collaboration channels for credential theft — a vector that bypasses most enterprises' email-focused phishing defenses.
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Unit 42 details how attackers exploit enterprise collaboration tools for identity phishing and credential theft. Discover key defense strategies. The post Identity Abuse Through Trusted Communication Channels appeared first on Unit 42 .
Editorial Analysis
Most European enterprises have mature email anti-phishing controls but minimal detection for identity attacks routed through collaboration platforms now integral to hybrid work.
Extend phishing simulation exercises and monitoring to cover collaboration tools, and verify that conditional access policies apply equally across all communication channels.
Credential theft is shifting from email to collaboration platforms where most organisations lack equivalent defences.
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