The Ghost in the Machine: How a Multi-Stage Phishing Campaign Evades Security to Steal Microsoft 365 Credentials

The Ghost in the Machine: How a Multi-Stage Phishing Campaign Evades Security to Steal Microsoft 365 Credentials

Lead Analysts: Jeewan Singh Jalal, Prabhakaran Ravichandhiran and Anand Bodke

Since November 3, 2025, KnowBe4 Threat Labs has been monitoring a highly sophisticated, multi-stage phishing operation that is actively targeting organizations to steal employees’ Microsoft 365 credentials. The campaign has been engineered to bypass traditional email security defenses, such as secure email gateways (SEGs),  and multi-factor authentication (MFA) tools.