Office 365 Phishing Campaign Abuses Stolen Amazon SES Token

It's a legitimate access token, stolen from a third-party contractor, that lets the attackers send phishing emails from kaspersky.com email addresses.

The previously unknown SnapMC group exploits unpatched VPNs and webserver apps to breach systems and carry out quick-hit extortion in less time than it takes to order a pizza.

Attacker used a legitimate — but likely deprecated — domain to sneak malicious emails past security filters, vendor says.

The spoofed email has targeted close to 75K inboxes, slipping past spam and security controls across Office 365, Google Workspace, Exchange, Cisco ESA and more.

The group tracked as Nobelium uses multiple tactics to steal credentials with the goal of gaining admin access to Active Directory Federation Services.

The threat group, which leaked some 500,000 credentials for Fortinet SSL VPN devices, views ransomware as just one way to profit from compromised networks, experts say.