Popular messaging tools like WhatsApp, Telegram, Teams and Slack are promoting new mobile devices and web applications threats. This cyber security company is in accordance with the 2023 Business Communication Risk report from Cybercard Cyber. About half (42 percent of) of organizations reported new security incidents related to employees with their own equipment using messaging apps in a commercial environment. What is more, the report has shown that 66 percent of the danger indicators are found in transient messages associated with cloud-based cooperation equipment.
The report is based on ownership data collected from safe cyber platforms between January 2023 and October 2023.
Last year, researchers found spinok malware in several Android apps, which were downloaded more than 30 million times. Following an investigation by Cyber Security Company Claudsac, the Malware-Reddled Apps were discovered on the Google Play Store.
The development of cloud-based cooperation equipment creates a new attack category
The proliferation of cloud-based cooperation equipment and new individual/commercial device crossover has read a new attack category-business communication compromise (BCC), report. The danger actors are rapidly targeting the entire range of cooperation equipment to take advantage of login credentials, financial reports and other proprietary data.
The attacks can begin with a fishing email and then, if successful, move on other communication platforms such as slacks or teams. “From there, an attacker can use a social engineering strategy such as going to the network and stealing sensitive information.”
Bad actors do not work only in English, cyber criminals have targeted the victims through a messaging tool, wherever they are, the report has been warned. Safe cyber monitored messages in more than 52 languages, in which about a quarter of messages were analyzed on WhatsApp in any other language other than English.
According to the report, a flag is flagged off for safety or compliance risks, 42 percent in WhatsApp, 24 percent in Telegram, 17 percent in Slack and 17 percent in teams. In addition, 42 percent of the flag -based messages were identified in trigger copy warnings and violations of potentially sensitive and regulatory compliance laws in 23 percent.
Protect data and operation with visibility of business communication channels
The report stated that organizations should strengthen their defense to protect important data and operation, most of which depend on collecting more visibility on business communication channels, stated in the report. A major element of this is to accommodate safety strategies that will complement the human behavior pattern, the couple.
“Clearly, is a clear change from traditional emails for commercial communication. Employees have done the use of popular messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram from their personal life to operate business, ”said Chris Lehman, CEO, Safeguard Cyber. “Although it is beneficial for productivity, our data indicates that the rise of these apps means new entry points for actors with poor danger.”
Lehman said that it is easy to attach an employee to attach a customer through WhatsApp, a hacker could make a simple phishing attack in the hope of cheating the user to disclose sensitive information, Lehman said. “Answer here is through integrated visibility and relevant analysis.”
