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🎣 Get in loser, we’re going phishing. This week, we’re going to spotlight how Russian threat actors are phishing targets associated with Ukraine and human rights to abuse Microsoft OAuth.

The adversary contacts a victim via Signal or WhatsApp, invites them to a meeting, and sends them an OAuth phishing URL to join. Once the OAuth code is given up, the threat actor can access the victim’s M365 account.

The world turns, the seasons change, but Russian threat actors targeting Microsoft 365 accounts stays the same. Earlier this year, the same actors were spotted conducting similar attacks also leveraging chat apps like Signal www.volexity.com/blog/2025/02...

volexity.comMultiple Russian Threat Actors Targeting Microsoft Device Code AuthenticationStarting in mid-January 2025, Volexity identified several social-engineering and spear-phishing campaigns by Russian threat actors aimed at compromising Microsoft 365 (M365) accounts. These attack cam...

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Signal is a powerful end-to-end encrypted chat app. At the end of the day, that doesn’t help at all when you’re being spearphished. In fact, the lack of visibility and detection inherent in an encrypted chat app could even potentially hurt. That’s a wrinkle requiring vigilance on all parts.