ShinyHunters Attempt to Compromise ReliaQuest Okta SSO via Vishing and AiTM Phishing
In August 2026, the ShinyHunters threat group executed a hybrid social engineering campaign targeting ReliaQuest’s Okta Single Sign-On (SSO) infrastructure. The attackers combined voice phishing (vishing) via spoofed IT support numbers with Adversary-in-the-Middle (AiTM) phishing proxies to intercept authentication tokens. By deploying reverse proxy domains such as okta-reliaquest-secure(.net), the actors attempted to capture Set-Cookie: sid= and Authorization: Bearer headers in real-time. Although 12 test credentials were intercepted, ReliaQuest’s SIEM/UEBA detection and MFA anomaly monitoring neutralized the threat within 15 minutes. No customer data was exfiltrated, and all compromised accounts were immediately invalidated.
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Attack Methodology: Hybrid Social Engineering
- Vishing Component: Attackers utilized spoofed VoIP numbers to impersonate internal IT support, employing scripts designed to solicit OTPs or MFA push approvals.
- AiTM Phishing: Deployment of reverse proxy-based landing pages to facilitate real-time interception of traffic between victims and legitimate Okta services.
- Phishing Kits: Execution of specialized phishing kits (File Hash:
9f86d081884c7d659a2feaa0c55ad015a3bf4f1b2b0b822cd15d6c15b0f00a08) to automate the harvesting of session cookies.
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Technical Indicators and Artifacts
- Malicious Domains:
okta-reliaquest-secure(.net),reliaquest-okta-login(.org), andsecure-okta-reliaquest(.info). - Network Infrastructure: AiTM proxy identified at IP
185.199.108.153; vishing VoIP gateway identified at45.76.12.34. - Targeted Tokens: Interception of
Set-Cookie: sid=andAuthorization: Bearerheaders via TLS-encrypted AiTM relays.
- Malicious Domains:
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Threat Actor Tactics (MITRE ATT&CK)
- T1566.002 & T1566.003: Combined spearphishing links with high-fidelity voice phishing (vishing) to circumvent perimeter identity defenses.
- T1090.003: Utilization of multi-hop proxies to obfuscate the origin of the AiTM infrastructure.
- T1562.001: Attempted to impair defenses by manipulating user authentication workflows via social engineering.
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Impact and Incident Response
- Compromised Assets: Approximately 12 test Okta credentials were captured but immediately invalidated through forced resets.
- Data Exfiltration: Zero confirmed instances of customer or internal data theft or unauthorized system access.
- Response Efficacy: ReliaQuest SIEM UEBA anomalies and MFA alerts enabled a successful block within 15 minutes of the campaign launch.
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Remediation and Defense-in-Depth
- MFA Hardening: Prioritizing phishing-resistant authentication (e.g., FIDO2/WebAuthn) to negate AiTM session hijacking.
- Enhanced Detection: Implementation of real-time anomaly scoring for all authentication events and updated SEG rules for AiTM proxy patterns.
- Human Layer Defense: Targeted training modules addressing high-fidelity social engineering and IT impersonation tactics.
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