Why This Threat Matters Most business leaders still think phishing attacks are about stolen usernames and passwords. But modern attackers don’t need your password anymore, they want something far more powerful: your session. With a stolen session token, cybercriminals no longer have to “log in” at all. They simply hijack your digital identity and walk straight into your cloud applications, emails, and collaboration platforms. This technique, known as an Adversary-in-the-Middle (AitM) attack, represents a dangerous evolution of phishing. It bypasses traditional defenses, quietly slips past multi-factor authentication (MFA), and operates invisibly inside trusted environments. In this article, we’ll explore: - What Adversary-in-the-Middle attacks are - How they bypass MFA without breaking it - Why identity hijacking is replacing malware as the attacker’s entry point - Real-world tactics attackers use to persist after login - What businesses can do to detect and prevent AitM attacks Let’s ...