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Storm-2755's Payroll Pirates: Hijacking Canadian Paychecks via Session Theft

Your next paycheck could vanish into a hacker's account—without you noticing. Storm-2755's payroll pirate attacks show how session hijacking turns everyday logins into financial heists.

Digital illustration of a pirate ship hijacking a payroll truck in a cyber cityscape

⚡ Key Takeaways

  • Storm-2755 uses AiTM to bypass MFA and hijack sessions for payroll theft, targeting Canadians via SEO poisoning. 𝕏
  • Legacy MFA fails here—phishing-resistant options like FIDO2 are essential. 𝕏
  • Architectural flaw: Reusable tokens enable stealthy persistence; expect global spread. 𝕏
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Originally reported by Microsoft Security Blog

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