Vishing campaign abuses Microsoft Teams to give attackers a foothold in company networks

A coordinated voice-phishing (vishing) campaign, named Spring Ring, used fake IT support accounts on Microsoft Teams to trick employees into installing malware or granting remote access to their computers, according to Unit 42, Palo Alto Networks’ threat intelligence team. The campaign ran between January and April 2026 and reached more than 150 employees at more than 10 companies in different industries. The attackers registered external Microsoft Teams tenants with names built to resemble internal IT … More → The post Vishing campaign abuses Microsoft Teams to give attackers a foothold in company networks appeared first on Help Net Security.