PSA: New Threat - Consent Phishing

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#288769 22-Jul-2021 11:12

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Another Day, another IT Security threat.

Make your users aware, or if you are an end-user, consider yourself warned:

https://pushsecurity.com/blog/consent-phishing-the-emerging-phishing-technique-that-can-bypass-2fa/?utm_source=reddit-office365&utm_medium=post&utm_id=078-blogs

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#2749480 25-Jul-2021 15:17

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Or just limit their ability to grant third party access to their accounts without admin intervention, job done?

I don't agree with the article's premise that this sort of limitation impacts on productivity. It is, unfortunately, a fact of life.

No signature to see here, move along...

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#2750036 26-Jul-2021 17:11

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"Consent phishing is still an emerging technique and we believe that it has not reached peak usage by attackers yet"

It's actually been around for a while now since Microsoft released controls within Azure AD 9 months ago to stop users consenting unverified apps (reference screenshots in article) when admins are too lazy to put in an Admin Consent workflow.

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