May 19, 2023, 12:04 a.m. | Duncan Riley

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A threat actor who has been known to target Microsoft Corp. products in the past has started using a combination of phishing and SIM-swapping attacks to take over Microsoft Azure administrative accounts to gain access to Azure Virtual Machines. Detailed May 16 by researchers at Google LLC-owned Mandiant, the threat actor, designated UNC3944, uses the Serial […]

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