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Hackers target Microsoft 365 accounts with 81 million login attempts

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2 SIGNALSFIRST DETECTED 1 July 2026
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1 Jul
Azure CLI Password Spray Hits at Least 78 Microsoft Accounts in 81M+ Attempts

Cybersecurity researchers have warned of a "massive, ongoing, automated password spray attack" aimed at Microsoft's Azure command-line interface (CLI), compromising dozens of

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5 May
Microsoft Details Phishing Campaign Targeting 35,000 Users Across 26 Countries

Microsoft has disclosed details of a large-scale credential theft campaign that has leveraged a combination of code of conduct-themed lures and legitimate email services to direct

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11 Sept
Passkey-themed phishing attacks lead to Microsoft 365 data theft

Microsoft says threat actors linked to ShinyHunters, Helix, and other extortion gangs are using passkey and single sign-on-themed social engineering attacks to compromise

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19 May
Microsoft Self-Service Password Reset abused in Azure data theft attacks

A threat actor targeting Microsoft 365 and Azure production environments is stealing data in attacks that abuse legitimate applications and administration features. [...]

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7 Sept
BigBear Microsoft 365 phishing service bypassed MFA at 258 organizations

A phishing-as-a-service framework called BigBear 2.0 has been used to bypass multi-factor authentication at 258 organizations and steal more than 5,000 Microsoft 365 credentials.

REPORT · WHAT · BleepingComputerOPEN STORY
25 Aug
Mirage2FA Surge Hits 4,500 US and EU Companies, Abusing Microsoft 365 Login Flows

Thousands of companies have been affected by the Mirage2FA campaign from 2024 to 2026. The commercial phishing-as-a-service toolkit targets Microsoft 365 accounts by abusing

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