How legitimate cloud platforms enable phishers to bypass MFA

2026-08-07T08:51:46Z639432f8f349c700af1fd064ca993f6f417be01c1a097aee4761c2d049668eaa
BitLocker-extortionCloudflare WorkersGenieLockerGitHub PagesIPFSMFA-bypassMSSQLNetlifyRDPRMMVercelViPNet-update-systemို့-outlook-calendar-C2adversary-in-the-middlebackdoorcloud-platform-abusecredential-dumpingcyber-espionagekeyloggingmemory-resident-malwarenetwork-scanningphishingransomwareservice-workerssupply-chain-compromiseweb-shell

What happened

Kaspersky Securelist reporting covering active and emerging cyber threats, including adversary-in-the-middle phishing that bypasses MFA through legitimate cloud platforms, espionage backdoors and tunneling tools targeting Central Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia, and Southeast Asia, ransomware and BitLocker extortion, supply-chain abuse of the ViPNet update system, and covert C2 using Outlook calendar events and DNS AAAA records. The collection also includes defensive analysis of Kerberoasting and DNS tunneling detection and incident-response findings from Brazilian educational संस्थitці.

Why it matters

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Evidence and limitations

Source ID
kaspersky_securelist
Record identifier
639432f8f349c700af1fd064ca993f6f417be01c1a097aee4761c2d049668eaa
Enrichment time
2026-08-07T08:51:46Z
AI-assisted enrichment
Yes

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