How legitimate cloud platforms enable phishers to bypass MFA
2026-08-06T20:51:46Z•8cd17c6af98f6f7c1386dd523cbc9142508945366ff916fb603f9480b345ab86
BitLockerDNS-tunnelingKerberoastingMFA-bypassMSSQLMicrosoft-GraphOutlook-C2RDPRMMUltravioletadversary-in-the-middlebackdoorscloud-platform-abusecredential-dumpingcyber-espionagedata-exfiltrationeducational-sectorkeyloggingmalicious-updatesnetwork-scanningphishingransomwareservice-workerssoftware-supply-chainweb-shells
What happened
Kaspersky Securelist RSS entries describe current cyber threats including adversary-in-the-middle phishing that bypasses MFA using legitimate cloud platforms, tailored espionage backdoors, ransomware and BitLocker extortion, malicious software-update delivery, covert C2 over Outlook and DNS, tunneling, credential theft, keylogging, and data exfiltration. The collection spans campaigns targeting Central Asia, the Middle East and Africa, Southeast Asia, Russia, and Brazilian educational institutions. No specific CVE identifiers are provided.
Why it matters
A reviewed impact interpretation has not been published for this record.
Evidence and limitations
- Source ID
- kaspersky_securelist
- Record identifier
- 8cd17c6af98f6f7c1386dd523cbc9142508945366ff916fb603f9480b345ab86
- Enrichment time
- 2026-08-06T20:51:46Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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