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Turning Microsoft's Login Page into our Phishing Infrastructure

Keanu Nys

Demonstrates how red teams can abuse legitimate Microsoft login branding parameters and OAuth endpoints to host convincing, high-trust phishing infrastructure.

Summary

Abusing Trust in Enterprise Identity Portals

Users and automated email security filters are trained to trust authentic Microsoft login domains (such as login.microsoftonline.com) during enterprise single sign-on (SSO) workflows.

Manipulating Tenant Branding and OAuth Parameters

Keanu Nys reveals how attackers can abuse Microsoft Entra ID tenant branding features, customizable login pages, and OAuth 2.0 authorization endpoints to present highly customized phishing lures hosted entirely on legitimate Microsoft infrastructure.

Bypassing Modern Email Filters and Security Gateways

Because the underlying links point to valid Microsoft certificates and domains, automated Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) fail to classify the redirection links as malicious.

Defensive Detection and Conditional Access

Mitigating identity portal abuse requires enforcing FIDO2 phishing-resistant authentication, configuring strict Entra ID cross-tenant access restrictions, and monitoring abnormal OAuth consent grants.

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