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Russia-Linked Hackers Exploit Legitimate Login Flows to Bypass 2FA and Steal Account Access


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2026-08-21 08:10:34
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Three suspected Russian cyber espionage clusters abusing legitimate authentication mechanisms to hijack accounts belonging to academics, diplomats, defense personnel, government staff, and think-tank researchers across Europe and the United States. Rather than relying solely on credential-harvesting pages, the operators manipulate users into completing genuine app-password, OAuth, device-code, and device-linking workflows that can hand attackers authenticated […]


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Mayura Kathir

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Source Link: https://gbhackers.com/russian-cyber-espionage-clusters/


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