Hackers Hijack Office.com Links: ADFS Phishing Plot Unveiled!
Hackers are getting crafty, using legitimate office.com links and ADFS to redirect users to phishing pages, stealing Microsoft 365 logins. This sneaky method bypasses URL detection and multi-factor authentication by piggybacking on trusted Microsoft domains. Push Security advises vigilance against ADFS redirects and keeping an eye on ad parameters to thwart these cunning attacks.
Hot Take:
Just when you thought your Monday morning couldn’t get any more exciting, here comes a hacker with a PhD in cunning and a minor in deception. These cyber tricksters have turned the humble office.com link into a Trojan horse, using Microsoft’s own infrastructure against us. It’s like watching a magician pull a rabbit out of a hat, only the rabbit is your stolen credentials, and the hat is a phishing site. Bravo, nefarious masterminds, bravo!
Key Points:
– Hackers are using legitimate office.com links combined with ADFS to bypass security measures.
– The attack starts with a malicious sponsored link in a Google search result.
– Phishing sites are cleverly disguised using a chain of trusted redirects and fake blog content.
– The attack targets a broad range of users, suggesting experimental methods by threat actors.
– To combat such threats, monitoring ADFS redirects and Google ad parameters is recommended.