19 Jan, 2026

Russian hackers bypass Gmail MFA using stolen app passwords

Russian hackers bypass multi-factor authentication and access Gmail accounts by leveraging app-specific passwords in advanced social engineering attacks that impersonate U.S. Department of State officials. The threat actor targeted well-known academics and critics of Russia in what is described as a “sophisticated and personalized novel social engineering attack” that did not rush the persons of […]

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