← Back to feed
Vulnerabilities & PatchesEmerging1 sourceAug 19, 2026 · 14:00via BleepingComputer

Password spraying attacks surge 155x as hackers exploit MFA gaps

Brief

Huntress observed a 155x increase in password spraying attacks in H1 2026, including a campaign that generated more than 81 million login attempts in two weeks. The attacks exploited legacy authentication and gaps in MFA policies that left some login flows unprotected. [... ]

Read more on BleepingComputer