Attackers abuse Microsoft’s 'verified publisher' status to steal data
OAuth is an open authentication standard used by Microsoft and other major tech players – including Amazon, Google, and Facebook – to enable users to share information about their accounts with third-party applications or websites. Microsoft gives an app publisher a"verified publisher" status when their identity has been verified using the MCPP .
that researchers investigated an attack where malicious OAuth applications were deployed on compromised cloud tenants and used to control Exchange Online settings and spread spam.various techniques attackers used to launch malicious OAuth applications that relied on Microsoft's platform. The miscreants used several tactics to impersonate legitimate organizations, including displaying a name that looked similar but ever so slightly different to that of an existing legitimate publisher.
These malicious verified publishers also have impersonated popular applications by using icons that look like the legitimate apps, similar names, and"reply to" URLs.
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