Threat Actors Deliver DarkGate Malware via Skype, Teams Chats

Cybercriminals are exploiting compromised Skype and Microsoft Teams accounts to deliver the DarkGate malware to businesses, primarily in the Americas region, a global campaign by Trend Micro found. It is unclear how the accounts were compromised, but the attack strategy demonstrates how threat actors can take advantage of external messaging features on these platforms for undetectable social engineering attacks.