Microsoft Teams phishing targets employees with A0Backdoor malware

Multiple active threat trends and breaches were reported: phishing via Microsoft Teams lures employees into granting remote access (Quick Assist) to deploy a new A0Backdoor; attackers increasingly exploit newly disclosed third‑party vulnerabilities to gain cloud access; Russian-linked actors are hijacking Signal and WhatsApp accounts of officials; and a service‑provider compromise led to a data theft at Ericsson US. Other incidents include ShinyHunters claiming Salesforce Experience Cloud data theft, Termite/Velvet Tempest using ClickFix to deliver DonutLoader and CastleRAT and enable Termite/