"Global Organizations Under Siege: Microsoft Exposes APT29 Espionage and Midnight Blizzard Hacking Spree"

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Microsoft warns that APT29, a Russian state-sponsored threat actor, has been targeting global organizations, primarily in the U.S. and Europe, using tactics such as compromised accounts and OAuth applications to gather sensitive information. The scale of the campaign may be larger than previously thought, with the threat actor using diverse initial access methods and residential proxies to obfuscate connections. Organizations are advised to defend against rogue OAuth applications and password spraying.
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