Microsoft has warned organizations about ongoing OAuth abuse scams that use phishing emails and URL redirects to infect victims’ machines with malware and take over their devices.
The phishing expedition targets government and public-sector organizations, according to a Monday report from Redmond’s security researchers. And while Microsoft Entra disabled the malicious OAuth applications, Microsoft’s infosec squad warned “related OAuth activity persists and requires ongoing monitoring.”
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Source: The Register News
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