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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. Brute force is old news, but the spin driving that spike is new.
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Huntress reported a 155‑fold rise in password‑spraying attacks during the first half of 2026. The surge is linked to a campaign that targets Microsoft’s Azure CLI, the command‑line interface used to manage Azure and Entra services. Traffic for the campaign originates from an IPv6 range owned by the hosting provider LSHIY LLC. This pattern shows attackers exploiting gaps in multi‑factor authentication despite the long‑standing use of brute‑force techniques.
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