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Beware of the risks of social sign-in – Hackers may target your accounts

7 pointsby DBformoreabout 2 years ago
According to a recent study by Salt, a Booking.com attack could have potentially affected 100 million users. The attack is related to OAuth, a commonly used mechanism on modern websites.<p>More information (links) on the first comment.

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DBformoreabout 2 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;salt.security&#x2F;blog&#x2F;traveling-with-oauth-account-takeover-on-booking-com" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;salt.security&#x2F;blog&#x2F;traveling-with-oauth-account-take...</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.csoonline.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;3689869&#x2F;booking-com-account-takeover-flaw-shows-possible-pitfalls-in-oauth-implementations.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.csoonline.com&#x2F;article&#x2F;3689869&#x2F;booking-com-accoun...</a>