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Theregister
8 months ago
Privacy professionals

Microsoft tells how Russia's Cozy Bear broke into its email

Microsoft's compromised corporate account did not have multi-factor authentication (MFA) enabled.
The attackers used password-spray attacks to gain access and then compromised a legacy test OAuth application to steal emails and files. [ more ]
TechRepublic
8 months ago
Privacy professionals

Microsoft Says State-Sponsored Attackers Accessed Senior Leaders' Emails

A nation-state backed attack occurred in November 2023 where the Russian state-sponsored threat actor group Midnight Blizzard accessed some Microsoft corporate emails and documents.
The attackers used a password spray attack to gain access to the email accounts. [ more ]
Theregister
8 months ago
Privacy professionals

Microsoft tells how Russia's Cozy Bear broke into its email

Microsoft's compromised corporate account did not have multi-factor authentication (MFA) enabled.
The attackers used password-spray attacks to gain access and then compromised a legacy test OAuth application to steal emails and files. [ more ]
TechRepublic
8 months ago
Privacy professionals

Microsoft Says State-Sponsored Attackers Accessed Senior Leaders' Emails

A nation-state backed attack occurred in November 2023 where the Russian state-sponsored threat actor group Midnight Blizzard accessed some Microsoft corporate emails and documents.
The attackers used a password spray attack to gain access to the email accounts. [ more ]
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