Microsoft Teams to get support for third-party deepfake detection tools
Microsoft will soon introduce support for third-party deepfake detection solutions and impersonation protection in Teams meetings.
Microsoft will soon introduce support for third-party deepfake detection solutions and impersonation protection in Teams meetings.
According to new entries on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, both changes are now in development and will reach general availability in November after a worldwide rollout.
Once available, Microsoft says it will provide Teams integration and experiences to surface and act on deepfake detection signals triggered by supported providers.
Teams will also let users detect deceptive meeting organizers and participants through a new impersonation protection security feature.
Last month, it added that Teams will blur QR codes sent by external senders to provide additional protection against phishing and fraud attempts.
Microsoft also began rolling out a new Teams meeting protection policy in August that lets admins block all identified external bots automatically from joining meetings.
These changes are part of a broader move to boost security for Teams users, with Microsoft also announcing in December that admins would be able to lock external users via the Defender portal starting in January to thwart cybercrime groups (including ransomware gangs ) abusing Teams in social engineering attacks targeting their victims' employees.
More recently, in September, it also announced that it will let users report suspicious guest invitations directly from Teams starting in November to help security teams identify and block phishing attempts and other attacks abusing guest invitations.
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What happened
Microsoft will soon introduce support for third-party deepfake detection solutions and impersonation protection in Teams meetings.
According to new entries on the Microsoft 365 Roadmap, both changes are now in development and will reach general availability in November after a worldwide rollout.
Once available, Microsoft says it will provide Teams integration and experiences to surface and act on deepfake detection signals triggered by supported providers.
What changed
Teams will also let users detect deceptive meeting organizers and participants through a new impersonation protection security feature.
Last month, it added that Teams will blur QR codes sent by external senders to provide additional protection against phishing and fraud attempts.
Microsoft also began rolling out a new Teams meeting protection policy in August that lets admins block all identified external bots automatically from joining meetings.
Who is affected
These changes are part of a broader move to boost security for Teams users, with Microsoft also announcing in December that admins would be able to lock external users via the Defender portal starting in January to thwart cybercrime groups (including ransomware gangs ) abusing Teams in social engineering attacks targeting their victims' employees.
More recently, in September, it also announced that it will let users report suspicious guest invitations directly from Teams starting in November to help security teams identify and block phishing attempts and other attacks abusing guest invitations.
Response
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Attribution
BleepingComputer: Microsoft will soon introduce support for third-party deepfake detection solutions and impersonation protection in Teams meetings.
What to watch next
Watch for revised vendor guidance, fixed versions and mitigation updates.