India, March 19 -- Hackers have outdone themselves again-this time, by turning Microsoft's own cloud services into a free pass for cyber espionage. FINALDRAFT, the latest stealth malware uncovered by Elastic Security Labs, doesn't bother with sketchy domains or suspicious backdoors.

Instead, it waltzes right through Microsoft Graph API, nestling into Outlook's 'Drafts' folder like an uninvited guest who refuses to leave.

Blending malicious traffic with everyday cloud activity, FINALDRAFT ensures security teams have a harder time spotting it than finding a typo in an auto-corrected email. With high-profile targets and espionage written all over it, this malware is a masterclass in hiding in plain sight.

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