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MS Teams Guest Access Can Remove Defender Protection When Users Join External Tenants - Stanley - Dec 8, 2025
MS Teams Guest Access Can Remove Defender Protection When Users Join External Tenants
Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a cross-tenant blind spot that allows attackers to bypass Microsoft Defender for Office 365 protections via the guest access feature in Teams.
"When users operate as guests in another tenant, their protections are determined entirely by that hosting environment, not by their home organization," Ontinue security researcher Rhys Downing said in a report
https://thehackernews.com/2025/11/ms-teams-guest-access-can-remove.html
RE: MS Teams Guest Access Can Remove Defender Protection When Users Join External Tenants - Terry A. Davis - Dec 8, 2025
I thought this would be a no brainer?
You're on an external tenant you come from your world but exist in theirs only as far as they want to treat you?