Microsoft Detects Growing Use of File Hosting Services in Business Email Compromise Attacks
Microsoft Detects Growing Use of File Hosting Services in Business Email Compromise Attacks Microsoft Detects Growing Use of File Hosting Services in Business Email Compromise Attacks Oct 09, 2024 Ravie Lakshmanan Enterprise Security / Identity Theft Microsoft is warning of cyber attack campaigns that abuse legitimate file hosting services such as SharePoint, OneDrive, and Dropbox that are widely used in enterprise environments as a defense evasion tactic. The end goal of the campaigns are broad and varied, allowing threat actors to compromise identities and devices and conduct business email compromise ( BEC ) attacks, which ultimately result in financial fraud, data exfiltration, and lateral movement to other endpoints.
Microsoft warns of cyber attacks abusing SharePoint, OneDrive, and Dropbox to evade security and steal credentials.