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Beyond MFA: Building true resilience against identity-based attacks

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STIX ID: report--0f450e4e-5e8c-5f8c-a90f-51674af913db

Feed Name: Sophos Blogs

Threat Score
60/100

Date Published: 2026-01-27

Date Updated: 2026-04-30

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This briefing warns that identity has become the primary attack surface—phishing, stolen credentials, AiTM phishing kits and BEC enable attackers to bypass MFA and lead to ransomware and other compromises—and recommends adopting identity-first security with continuous identity threat detection and response (ITDR) alongside MDR/XDR to detect and mitigate identity-based threats.

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