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Threat Actors & CampaignsEmerging1 sourceAug 7, 2026 · 08:52via The Hacker News

Malware Can Abuse Windows Hello for Business Keys for Persistent Entra ID Access

Brief

Entra ID researcher Dirk-jan Mollema demonstrated that malware already running in a signed-in Windows session can silently use the victim's Windows Hello for Business key to authenticate to Microsoft Entra ID.

The attacker can then establish longer-term cloud access, register a device it controls, obtain a Primary Refresh Token (PRT), and add further authentication methods where tenant policies

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