Operation CloudFire Phishing Campaign Hijacks Google Sessions
Google Calendar
A phishing campaign used Google Calendar invites and fake login pages to bypass multi-factor authentication and hijack corporate sessions. Security researchers tracked the attacks and assisted in taking down hundreds of domains used in the campaign.
why this severityConfirmed active phishing campaign with session hijacking.
- first report
- 4 Nov 2026
- last update
- 12 Nov 2026
Timeline · 1
Sources · 2
News and write-ups
- 2026-11-04Google Calendar phishing campaign hijacks sessions, bypasses MFABleepingComputer · bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-calendar-phishing-campaign-hijacks-ses
- 2026-11-12Calendar Invites and Live Proxies: Inside a Google Session Hijacking CampaignThe Hacker News · thehackernews.com/2026/11/calendar-invites-and-live-proxies.html
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Classification
- AI role
- No AI role
- categories
- General security
- severity
- 3 · Confirmed exploitation
- targets
- owasp llm top 10
- no entry for these categories
- mitre atlas
- no technique for these categories
- dates
- happened 4 Nov 2026 · first reported 4 Nov 2026
- origin
- News & research feeds
- record
- confidence 0.90 · created 2026-11-04 15:36Z · updated 2026-11-12 12:41Z
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# Operation CloudFire Phishing Campaign Hijacks Google Sessions https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/operation-cloudfire-phishing-campaign-hijacks-google-session · AIR-2026-1768 · live - Lane: Breaches & attacks - Severity: 3 (Confirmed exploitation): Confirmed active phishing campaign with session hijacking. - Fix status: No fix needed - First reported: 2026-11-04 - AI role: No AI role - Products: Google Calendar ## Summary A phishing campaign used Google Calendar invites and fake login pages to bypass multi-factor authentication and hijack corporate sessions. Security researchers tracked the attacks and assisted in taking down hundreds of domains used in the campaign. ## What to do No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory. ## Latest updates - 2026-11-04: Google Calendar phishing campaign hijacks sessions, bypasses MFA (https://bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-calendar-phishing-campaign-hijacks-sessions-bypasses-mfa) ## Sources - 2026-11-04 BleepingComputer: Google Calendar phishing campaign hijacks sessions, bypasses MFA https://bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/google-calendar-phishing-campaign-hijacks-sessions-bypasses-mfa - 2026-11-12 The Hacker News: Calendar Invites and Live Proxies: Inside a Google Session Hijacking Campaign https://thehackernews.com/2026/11/calendar-invites-and-live-proxies.html Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.
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