Broken Authentication in Microservices and Service-to-Service APIs
Microservices multiply authentication attack surfaces, and most teams aren't securing them.
Tariq Osei-Mensah
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5 stories in Authentication Flaws.
Microservices multiply authentication attack surfaces, and most teams aren't securing them.
How attackers exploit weak password reset flows to bypass MFA and take over accounts.
Attackers now steal session tokens instead of breaking past MFA itself.
Non-expiring tokens and redirect flaws leave millions exposed to account takeover.
Attackers can choose how your API verifies tokens by controlling unverified header fields.