Security News > 2023 > August > Russian APT phished government employees via Microsoft Teams
2023-08-03 12:12
An APT group linked to Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service has hit employees of several dozen global organizations with phishing attacks via Microsoft Teams, says Microsoft. A social engineering attack to bypass MFA protection “To facilitate their attack, the actor uses Microsoft 365 tenants owned by small businesses they have compromised in previous attacks to host and launch their social engineering attack. The actor renames the compromised tenant, adds a new onmicrosoft.com subdomain, then adds a … More → The post Russian APT phished government employees via Microsoft Teams appeared first on Help Net Security.
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