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Password spraying attacks surge 155x as hackers exploit MFA gaps
Huntress has observed a 155x increase in password spraying attacks in the first half of 2026.
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Huntress has observed a 155x increase in password spraying attacks in the first half of 2026. Brute force is old news, but the spin driving that spike is new. One major contributor was a campaign targeting Microsoft's Azure CLI, the command-line tool admins use to manage Azure and Entra resources. The traffic originated from an IPv6 range controlled by internet hosting provider LSHIY LLC.
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