Oyster
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Microsoft revokes more than 200 certificates used in fake Teams ransomware campaign
Microsoft said it revoked over 200 code signing certificates used by a group tracked as Vanilla Tempest to sign fake Microsoft Teams installers that delivered the Oyster backdoor and Rhysida ransomware; the company said it detected the activity in late September 2025 and has updated protections to flag the malicious signatures.
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Fake Microsoft Teams installers promoted in search ads deliver Oyster backdoor, researchers say
Search ads and SEO poisoning have been used to promote fake Microsoft Teams installers that deliver the Oyster backdoor to Windows machines, researchers said; the trojanized installer drops a DLL and creates a scheduled task for persistence.


