Hackers can abuse Microsoft Teams updater to install malware

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Microsoft Teams can still double as a Living off the Land binary (LoLBin) and help attackers retrieve and execute malware from a remote location.

Previous efforts from Microsoft to eliminate this hazard work to an extent but cannot stop attackers from abusing Teams to plant and run their payloads.

A patch for the new method is unlikely to emerge, as Microsoft labeled this a design flaw and a fix would have a negative impact on some customers’ operations.
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