Tag: mfa
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What the identity attack surface looks like when trust becomes the target
In this Help Net Security video, Joel Moses, VP, Strategic Engineering at F5, explains how attackers use identity instead of breaking through it. He walks through MFA fatigue, … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/27/identity-attack-surface-video/
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Product showcase: LastPass Authenticator brings Face ID, Apple Watch, and cloud backup to 2FA
LastPass Authenticator is a free app that provides two-factor authentication (2FA) for accounts and any service that supports time-based one-time passwords (TOTP). It supports … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/27/product-showcase-lastpass-authenticator/
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MSSP Market News: Attackers bypassed MFA in 100% of BEC cases
First seen on scworld.com Jump to article: www.scworld.com/news/mssp-market-news-attackers-bypassed-mfa-in-100-of-bec-cases
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Hackers Use Stealer Logs to Bypass MFA and Launch Ransomware Attacks
Infostealer malware has now become the invisible thread linking petty credential theft to full-blown ransomware campaigns. Attackers no longer bother forcing their way through firewalls when infostealers have already unlocked the front door for them. Documented by DarkOwl, a stealer log archive generated by infostealer malware that silently harvests browser-saved passwords, session cookies, cryptocurrency wallet data,…
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Russian Espionage Group Exploited Zimbra Zero-Day to Steal Mail and 2FA Codes
A Russian state-supported espionage group spent months reading Western mailboxes through a then-unknown flaw in Zimbra’s webmail client.The payload goes after the last 90 days of email, the organization’s entire email directory, the password saved in the browser and the codes kept for two-factor recovery. Opening the message was enough to start it.The NSA, CISA…
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Hackers Clone Microsoft Login Portals to Capture Credentials and Session Tokens in Real Time
An active adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) phishing campaign that clones Microsoft authentication pages to intercept credentials, Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) codes, and session tokens in real time. Rather than relying on simple password harvesting, this technique hijacks authenticated user sessions directly. Detailed by Infoblox Threat Intel researchers Darby Wise and Nick Sundvall, the widespread campaign has targeted universities,…
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Police Dismantle Kratos Phishing Kit Built to Steal Microsoft 365 Sessions and Bypass MFA
German and US law enforcement have taken down the core infrastructure of Kratos, described by German investigators as one of the world’s most widely used criminal phishing kits, and Indonesian authorities arrested the man they say developed and ran it.In a joint announcement on Monday, the Frankfurt public prosecutor’s cybercrime unit (ZIT) and Germany’s Federal…
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New phishing kits target Microsoft 365 accounts, evade MFA
Two new phishing kits, Jalisco and OmegaLord, have been discovered in attacks targeting Microsoft 365 accounts, using techniques that defeat multi-factor authentication (MFA). First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-phishing-kits-target-microsoft-365-accounts-evade-mfa/
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ShinyHunters Hackers Abuse Salesforce OAuth to Bypass MFA and Exfiltrate CRM Data
A series of high-impact campaigns linked by overlapping tradecraft to ShinyHunters, in which attackers abused trusted Salesforce OAuth relationships to bypass conventional MFA protections, establish persistence, and exfiltrate CRM data at scale. The activity, observed from mid-202520252025 through mid-202620262026, affected organizations in retail, education, and manufacturing. Microsoft emphasized that the campaigns did not exploit an…
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Open Directory Exposes Three Evilginx Phishing Operators
Misconfigured server exposed three phishing operators running Evilginx forks to bypass MFA First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/open-directory-exposes-evilginx/
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Exposed Server Unmasks Evilginx Operators Stealing Microsoft 365 Sessions and OAuth Tokens
A misconfigured server in Budapest exposed a live phishing operation built to bypass Microsoft 365 multi-factor authentication and retain access to compromised accounts. The server, hosted at 185.163.204[.]7185.163.204[.]7185.163.204[.]7, was running python3 -m http.server 8080 with directory listing enabled, making its operational files publicly accessible. Researchers found phishing configurations, Telegram session artifacts, credential logs, RMM installers,…
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Exposed Server Unmasks Evilginx Operators Stealing Microsoft 365 Sessions and OAuth Tokens
A misconfigured server in Budapest exposed a live phishing operation built to bypass Microsoft 365 multi-factor authentication and retain access to compromised accounts. The server, hosted at 185.163.204[.]7185.163.204[.]7185.163.204[.]7, was running python3 -m http.server 8080 with directory listing enabled, making its operational files publicly accessible. Researchers found phishing configurations, Telegram session artifacts, credential logs, RMM installers,…
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New Helix Extortion Group Targets Enterprises With MFA Abuse and SharePoint Exfiltration
A previously unreported data extortion operation dubbed “Helix” that targets enterprises using identity-focused entry techniques and automated SharePoint exfiltration. The group’s playbook combines voice phishing (vishing), device-code phishing to capture session tokens and bypass Conditional Access controls, rapid MFA registration for persistence, and scripted enumeration and bulk download of SharePoint content all staged from shared…
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New Helix Extortion Group Targets Enterprises With MFA Abuse and SharePoint Exfiltration
A previously unreported data extortion operation dubbed “Helix” that targets enterprises using identity-focused entry techniques and automated SharePoint exfiltration. The group’s playbook combines voice phishing (vishing), device-code phishing to capture session tokens and bypass Conditional Access controls, rapid MFA registration for persistence, and scripted enumeration and bulk download of SharePoint content all staged from shared…
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Passwortlos wird MFA noch sicherer
Multifaktor-Authentifizierung (MFA) hat sich sowohl in Unternehmen als auch bei Privatanwendern als weitverbreitetes und etabliertes Standardverfahren zur Identitätsprüfung beim Login etabliert. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/passwortlos-wird-mfa-noch-sicherer
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Azure CLI Password Spray Attack Exposes Microsoft 365 MFA Gap
A password spray campaign targeting Azure CLI sign-ins exposed how narrow Conditional Access policies can leave Microsoft 365 accounts vulnerable even when MFA is enabled. The post Azure CLI Password Spray Attack Exposes Microsoft 365 MFA Gap appeared first on TechRepublic. First seen on techrepublic.com Jump to article: www.techrepublic.com/article/news-azure-cli-mfa-gap/
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OAuth, guest accounts, and weak MFA drive SaaS risk
Organizations often create guest accounts to give contractors, suppliers, and partners temporary access to files and SaaS applications. Many of these accounts remain active … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/07/06/saas-environments-security-risks-report/
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ConsentFix and ClickFix: How Microsoft 365 Accounts are Hijacked in 3 Seconds
ConsentFix and ClickFix attacks steal Microsoft 365 tokens in seconds using fake prompts and OAuth flows. Learn how these MFA bypass tactics work and how to defend against them. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/consentfix-and-clickfix-how-microsoft-365-accounts-are-hijacked-in-3-seconds/
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Azure Password-Spraying Attack Bypasses MFA Defenses
Threat Actor Uses Deprecated OAuth 2.0 Authentication Flow. Attackers behind a password-spraying campaign targeting Microsoft Office 365 accounts have amassed dozens of victims by abusing a deprecated feature in OAuth 2.0 to generate access tokens, in some cases sidestepping multifactor authentication controls, warn researchers. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article: www.govinfosecurity.com/azure-password-spraying-attack-bypasses-mfa-defenses-a-32128
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Ghostwriter Hackers Use Real-Time WebSocket Relay to Bypass SMS and OTP MFA
UNC1151 tracked by many as Ghostwriter or FrostyNeighbor has advanced a credential-phishing technique that uses a real-time WebSocket relay to defeat SMS and OTP-based multi-factor authentication (MFA). The method was observed in a recent campaign that targeted Belarusian politician Yury Hubarevich and multiple Ukrainian portals, and Censys pivots show the infrastructure spans dozens of domains…
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Hackers Abuse Cloudflare-Hosted AWS Phishing Domains to Steal Console Logins
A concise but sophisticated phishing campaign that targeted AWS console users by abusing Cloudflare-hosted domains to deliver adversary-in-the-middle (AiTM) credential theft. Each domain served an almost identical clone of the AWS console sign-in page and implemented a server-driven flow that dynamically branched into email, SMS, or authenticator-app MFA challenges, enabling real-time capture of second factors.…
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AI-Powered Phishing Attacks Surge 1,380% as Criminal Platforms Render MFA Obsolete
Imagine completing a two-factor authentication check on a real Microsoft login page and still handing a criminal full access to your email account. That is not a hypothetical. According to new research published this week by cybersecurity company Huntress, it happened across hundreds of organisations in the first four months of 2026 and the victims…
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(g+) SonicwallBypass: Warum gepatchte Sonicwall-VPNs die MFA weiter durchlassen
Auf vielen Sonicwall-Firewalls ist der Patch drin, die MFA aber weiter umgehbar. Sechs Schritte fehlen. Was Admins prüfen müssen. First seen on golem.de Jump to article: www.golem.de/news/sonicwall-mfa-bypass-warum-gepatchte-sonicwall-vpns-die-mfa-weiter-durchlassen-2606-210118.html
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Mastodon 4.6 adds profile Collections and two-factor controls
People who run accounts on the open source social network Mastodon can now group profiles together and share those groups across the web. The 4.6 release centers on a feature … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/06/19/mastodon-4-6-released/
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Webinar: How attackers bypass MFA and how defenders can respond
Modern phishing attacks, including Device Code phishing, can undermine MFA protections and grant attackers access to corporate accounts without stealing passwords. This webinar explores how behavioral AI can help security teams detect compromised accounts faster and automate response workflows. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/webinar-how-attackers-bypass-mfa-and-how-defenders-can-respond/
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Rekord-Datenleck: 24 Milliarden Zugangsdaten offen im Netz
Ein ungeschützter Server enthielt 24 Milliarden Zugangsdaten im Klartext. Laut Cybernews sind Milliarden Konten ohne Multi-Faktor-Authentifizierung bedroht. First seen on it-daily.net Jump to article: www.it-daily.net/it-sicherheit/cybercrime/rekord-datenleck-24-milliarden
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Why Account Takeovers Are Rising and How to Stop Them
Account takeovers are rising as attackers bypass traditional defenses through phishing, session hijacking, and MFA fatigue. Specops Software explores how device trust and continuous verification help reduce account takeover risk. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/why-account-takeovers-are-rising-and-how-to-stop-them/
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Ghostwriter APT Uses Fake Gmail Login Panels to Steal Passwords and 2FA Codes
Ghostwriter (UNC1151) has escalated its long-standing phishing operations by deploying convincing fake Gmail login panels that harvest both passwords and two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, CERT Polska reports. The group historically focused on Polish email providers such as Onet, Wirtualna Polska and Interia shifted in March 2026 to high-volume Gmail-targeted campaigns. Attackers send professionally worded Polish-language…
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One-Click Microsoft 365 Copilot Flaw Could Have Let Attackers Steal Emails, Files, and MFA Codes
A single click on a trusted Microsoft link could have let an attacker pull emails, calendar details, and indexed files out of Microsoft 365 Copilot Enterprise Search.Researchers at Varonis Threat Labs chained three bugs into a one-click exfiltration path they call SearchLeak. Because the link pointed to a real microsoft.com domain, traditional anti-phishing and URL…