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Microsoft is rolling out a new shield for Microsoft Teams calls that will warn users when an incoming external caller may be impersonating a well‑known brand, marking a significant escalation in the platform’s defenses against collaboration‑centric social engineering. Background Brand spoofing and voice‑based social engineering are no longer edge cases — attackers increasingly use collaboration tools and phone calls to impersonate trusted vendors, internal IT support, financial institutions...

Microsoft Teams is getting a built‑in shield for one of the collaboration era’s nastiest social‑engineering tricks: starting in mid‑February 2026, desktop and Mac clients will warn users when a first‑time external caller appears to be impersonating a well‑known brand, giving recipients the option to accept, block, or end the call before any sensitive interaction occurs. Background Microsoft has been steadily hardening Teams against non‑email phishing vectors for more than a year. The...

The Northwest Territories government says it has no plans to create a standalone AI policy for the public service, relying instead on a high‑level generative AI guideline released in May 2025 and existing information‑management rules — a stance that has prompted praise for caution from some quarters and sharp criticism from privacy, legal and labour experts who say the guideline leaves too many operational and accountability gaps. Background The Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT)...

Microsoft Teams is about to get a new line of defense against social‑engineering fraud: a built‑in call‑scanning feature that warns users when an external inbound call appears to be impersonating a trusted brand, arriving as part of Microsoft's broader push to harden Teams against phishing, malicious links and weaponizable file types. Background Microsoft announced a dedicated Brand Impersonation Protection capability for Teams Calling in a Microsoft 365 Message Center update, describing the...