UNC6671 Vishing Attacks Target Personal Phones to Steal SaaS Data
UNC6671 uses vishing to steal SaaS data by tricking employees into spoofed login portals.
The data extortion group UNC6671 is targeting financial, private equity, and professional services firms using vishing attacks. They impersonate IT staff to lure employees into fake login portals, capturing credentials and MFA tokens via adversary-in-the-middle infrastructure. The group then uses this access to exfiltrate data from SaaS applications like Microsoft 365 and Okta, operating under various extortion brands.
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The lesson from this incident
Full lessonUNC6671 demonstrates how sophisticated social engineering via phone calls can bypass technical controls entirely by targeting the human element. By impersonating IT staff and directing employees to adversary-in-the-middle phishing portals, attackers capture both passwords and real-time MFA tokens before the victim realizes anything is wrong. This matters because once SaaS platforms like Microsoft 365 and Okta are compromised, attackers gain broad access to sensitive organizational data with legitimate credentials, making detection extremely difficult. The attack highlights that MFA alone is insufficient when users can be manipulated into surrendering tokens in real time.
What helps against this
How we list vendors- Phishing-resistant MFA
A stolen password, or a user who taps Approve on a push prompt, is no longer enough to log in.
- Identity threat detection and response (ITDR)
Attackers who log in with real, stolen credentials get noticed.
- Email security
Phishing, malware and invoice fraud are filtered out before they reach inboxes.
Indicators of Compromise
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- malware — PowerShell scripts
- malware — Python scripts