Proofpoint: unknown hackers are targeting hundreds of Azure accounts, some belonging to senior executives, to steal sensitive data and financial assets
The wide range of employee roles targeted indicates attacker's multifaceted approach. — Hundreds of Microsoft Azure accounts …
Ars Technica Dan Goodin
Related Coverage
- Crooks hook hundreds of exec accounts after phishing in Azure C-suite pond The Register · Connor Jones
- Azure account takeover campaign targets senior execs SC Media · Simon Hendery
- Hundreds of enterprises are being targeted in a Microsoft Azure cloud account takeover campaign - here's what you need to know ITPro · Solomon Klappholz
- Increase in Microsoft Azure Account Compromises Raises Alarm Among Corporates WinBuzzer · Luke Jones
- Proofpoint uncovers account takeover campaign targeting Azure users SiliconANGLE · Maria Deutscher
- Ongoing Microsoft Azure account hijacking campaign targets executives BleepingComputer · Bill Toulas
- Account Takeover Campaign Hits Execs in Microsoft Azure GovInfoSecurity.com · Prajeet Nair
- Ongoing Azure Cloud Account Takeover Campaign Targeting Senior Personnel SecurityWeek · Kevin Townsend
- Hundreds of Azure cloud accounts compromised, senior execs targeted in latest breach Windows Report · Kazim Ali Alvi
- Malicious Campaign Impacts Hundreds of Microsoft Azure Accounts Infosecurity · Kevin Poireault
- Ongoing campaign compromises senior execs' Azure accounts, locks them using MFA Ars OpenForum
Discussion
-
@rootsecdev
@rootsecdev
on x
Ongoing malicious campaign impacting Azure cloud environments https://www.proofpoint.com/...
-
@proofpoint
@proofpoint
on x
The malicious campaign (detected by @Proofpoint researchers in Nov. 2023) targets users with individualized #phishing lures within shared documents. Successful initial access often leads to #MFA manipulation, #dataexfiltration, phishing, #financialfraud and mailbox rules abuse.
-
@proofpoint
@proofpoint
on x
Community Alert: Proofpoint researchers are monitoring an ongoing #cloud #accounttakeover campaign impacting dozens of #MicrosoftAzure environments and compromising hundreds of user accounts, including senior execs in sales, finance, operations, and more. https://www.proofpoint.c…
-
r/cybersecurity
r
on reddit
Ongoing campaign compromises senior execs' Azure accounts, locks them using MFA