# Impersonating IT support: how threat actors turn a remote session into enterprise-wide access

DevFeed: [Impersonating IT support: how threat actors turn a remote session into enterprise-wide access](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/impersonating-it-support-how-threat-actors-turn-a-remote-session-into-enterprise-wide-access-7639.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/09/02/impersonating-it-support-threat-actors-turn-remote-session-into-enterprise-wide-access/>)

Author: Microsoft Security Research, Sagar Patil, Arlette Umuhire Sangwa, Jesse Birch and Ravikant Tiwari

Published: 2026-09-02T22:51:18Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Microsoft Security Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/microsoft-security-blog.md>)

Topics: [High Profile Threats](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/high-profile-threats.md>), [Node.js](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/node-js.md>)

Tags: [c2](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/c2.md>), [identity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/identity.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [microsoft-teams](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/microsoft-teams.md>), [node-js](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/node-js.md>), [powershell](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/powershell.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [social-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/social-engineering.md>), [windows](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/windows.md>)

## AI overview

Microsoft analyzes an intrusion campaign in which attackers impersonate IT support through Microsoft Teams, obtain remote access, deploy a Node.js and JavaScript implant, and move laterally through enterprise systems. The article provides detection, mitigation, and hunting guidance.

## Source excerpt

Microsoft Threat Intelligence observed a human-operated intrusion campaign that abuses Microsoft Teams external collaboration to impersonate IT support, gain remote access, and deploy a Node.js-based implant. Learn how attackers move from social engineering to lateral movement using legitimate tools, and how Microsoft Defender helps detect and disrupt the activity. The post Impersonating IT support: how threat actors turn a remote session into enterprise-wide access appeared first on Microsoft Security Blog.