Account takeover in the Retail sector
How a account takeover attack could realistically chain together in a Retail organisation, from initial access to business impact — and exactly what you should test to break the chain.
SaaS administrator compromise
A phished SaaS administrator identity is used to weaken tenant security settings, establish persistence via integrations, and access or export the customer and business data the platform holds.
Google Workspace account to data theft
A phished Google Workspace identity is turned into durable access through a third-party app grant, then used to search Drive and Gmail for sensitive material and export it.
MFA fatigue to Microsoft 365 takeover
With a valid password in hand, an attacker wears the user down with repeated approval prompts, registers their own authenticator for durable access, and takes over the Microsoft 365 account.
Why chaining matters here
A scanner might flag each weakness in this environment in isolation. What determines whether account takeover is actually achievable is whether those weaknesses — together with identities, trust relationships and gaps in monitoring — can be linked into a working path. That is what a red-team engagement validates, and what these chains are designed to help you scope.