Threats Tagged 'saas security'

Between mid-2025 and mid-2026, threat actors using tradecraft associated with ShinyHunters targeted customer SaaS applications, particularly Salesforce instances, through three primary intrusion paths. Voice phishing campaigns impersonated IT support to trick employees into authorizing malicious OAuth applications. Supply chain compromises leveraged trusted integrations including Salesloft, Gainsight, and Klue to obtain OAuth tokens for downstream customer access. Misconfigured guest access enabled exploitation of Aura framework functionality for unauthorized data queries. These techniques abused legitimate OAuth relationships to inherit user and application privileges, enabling enumeration and exfiltration of CRM data while evading authentication detections. The campaigns targeted multiple industries including retail, education, and manufacturing, highlighting risks in OAuth-connected applications and third-party integrations.

Recent cybersecurity news has shifted focus from AI and ransomware to breaches, particularly those involving compromised OAuth tokens linked to Salesloft's Drift integration. The main themes emerging are supply chain and identity attacks, with a need to redefine these concepts in the context of SaaS environments. Supply chain attacks now extend beyond hardware and software to include the datapath, while identity attacks increasingly target interconnected applications. The article emphasizes the importance of broadening cybersecurity focus and introduces the Cyber Threat Intelligence Capability Maturity Model (CTI-CMM) as a framework for organizations to assess and enhance their cyber threat intelligence programs.

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In June 2025, Google's Salesforce instance was breached by UNC6040 & UNC6240 using vishing, OAuth app abuse, and anonymity layers. The attackers stole business data of small and medium-sized clients. A parallel attack by UNC6395 compromised Salesloft Drift's Salesforce integration, affecting hundreds of customers. Both incidents involved sophisticated social engineering, OAuth token abuse, and data exfiltration via TOR. The attacks are linked to the ShinyHunters group and share similarities with other high-profile breaches targeting various industries. The incidents highlight vulnerabilities in SaaS environments and the need for improved security measures, including OAuth governance, identity management, and proactive monitoring.

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