News brief: Collaboration apps face security scrutiny — again

<p>Collaboration tools are a staple in the modern workforce. The keystone to getting work done, team collaboration tools such as Slack, Teams, Zoom, Trello, Notion and Google Workspace enable employees far and wide to message each other, share documents and files, communicate in real time via voice and video conferencing, and track assignments.</p>
<p>But what happens when those tools that <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchunifiedcommunications/definition/team-collaboration-tools”>boost productivity and improve employees’ focus</a> become a security threat?</p>
<p>Mimecast’s “The State of Human Risk 2025″ found that 79% of security leaders think collaboration tools pose new threats, and 61% claimed their organization expects to experience a breach related to a collaboration tool.</p>
<p>This week’s featured news focuses on two attacks related to prominent enterprise collaboration tools, as well as new vulnerabilities in the already <a href=”https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/tip/ChatGPT-security-risks-in-the-enterprise”>security-problematic ChatGPT</a>.</p>
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<p>Japanese media conglomerate Nikkei Inc. on Wednesday disclosed a data breach affecting more than 17,000 employee Slack accounts.</p>
<p>The incident occurred when an employee’s personal computer was infected with malware, leading to the theft of their Slack authentication credentials. Attackers used these credentials to gain unauthorized access to the company’s Slack workspace, exposing names, email addresses and chat histories of employees and business partners.</p>
<p>The breach was discovered in September, prompting immediate security measures, including password changes.</p>
<p><a target=”_blank” href=”https://www.darkreading.com/cyberattacks-data-breaches/nikkei-suffers-breach-slack-compromise” rel=”noopener”><i>Read the full story by Rob Wright on Dark Reading</i></a><i>.</i></p>
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