.Microsoft links Teams phishing attacks to Russia-based hacking group Midnight Blizzard. CyberSecurity phishing hackers CyberAttacks
Software giant Microsoft says threat actor Midnight Blizzard, also known as Nobelium, is behind the latest social engineering phishing attacks sent over Microsoft Teams chats., Microsoft reveals Midnight Blizzard used previously compromised Microsoft 365 tenants owned by small businesses and created new domains that appear as technical support entities.
Targeted users received a Teams message request from an external user posing as a technical support team or security team of that organisation. “As with any observed nation-state actor activity, Microsoft has directly notified targeted or compromised customers, providing them with important information needed to secure their environments.”
Midnight Blizzard is a Russia-based threat actor attributed by the US and UK governments as the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, according to Microsoft. It’s said to primarily target governments, diplomatic entities, NGOs and IT service providers in the US and Europe.
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