A massive password spray campaign targeting Azure CLI is the latest reminder that identity remains the easiest way into an environment, not the hardest. What’s notable isn’t the technique, it’s how many organizations will only learn their exposure after the fact, because their compliance program checks whether an MFA policy exists once a year instead of verifying it holds up in real time.
More details can be found here: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/azure-cli-password-spray-hits-at-least.html
Justin Beals, CEO & Founder of Strike Graph, an AI-native GRC and compliance automation platform had this to say:
“A password spray campaign at this scale against Azure CLI is a reminder that identity is still the front door most attackers walk through, not the one they have to break down. Credential stuffing and spray attacks work because organizations are still measuring identity security by whether a policy exists, not by whether it’s actually holding under live pressure.
This is the attestation versus verification gap again. A company can have an MFA policy documented, reviewed, and signed off in an audit, and still get walked through the door if enforcement has gaps, exceptions, or stale service accounts sitting outside the policy’s scope. Traditional compliance checks that policy exists once a year. It doesn’t tell you whether your identity controls are holding up against an active campaign today.
Continuous monitoring of authentication events, not an annual attestation, is what actually catches this while it’s happening. If the first time you find out about a password spray campaign is when a security outlet writes about it, your compliance program is documenting risk after the fact instead of managing it in real time.”
You can take some defensive measures here: https://undercodetesting.com/azure-cli-password-sprays-are-exploding-heres-how-to-detect-block-and-investigate-them-video/
I strongly recommend that you take defensive measures so that you don’t become the next victim.
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The Azure CLI password spray isn’t an identity story. It’s a verification story.
A massive password spray campaign targeting Azure CLI is the latest reminder that identity remains the easiest way into an environment, not the hardest. What’s notable isn’t the technique, it’s how many organizations will only learn their exposure after the fact, because their compliance program checks whether an MFA policy exists once a year instead of verifying it holds up in real time.
More details can be found here: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/azure-cli-password-spray-hits-at-least.html
Justin Beals, CEO & Founder of Strike Graph, an AI-native GRC and compliance automation platform had this to say:
“A password spray campaign at this scale against Azure CLI is a reminder that identity is still the front door most attackers walk through, not the one they have to break down. Credential stuffing and spray attacks work because organizations are still measuring identity security by whether a policy exists, not by whether it’s actually holding under live pressure.
This is the attestation versus verification gap again. A company can have an MFA policy documented, reviewed, and signed off in an audit, and still get walked through the door if enforcement has gaps, exceptions, or stale service accounts sitting outside the policy’s scope. Traditional compliance checks that policy exists once a year. It doesn’t tell you whether your identity controls are holding up against an active campaign today.
Continuous monitoring of authentication events, not an annual attestation, is what actually catches this while it’s happening. If the first time you find out about a password spray campaign is when a security outlet writes about it, your compliance program is documenting risk after the fact instead of managing it in real time.”
You can take some defensive measures here: https://undercodetesting.com/azure-cli-password-sprays-are-exploding-heres-how-to-detect-block-and-investigate-them-video/
I strongly recommend that you take defensive measures so that you don’t become the next victim.
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