Google to Block Logins From Embedded Browser Frameworks to Protect From Phishing & MitM Attacks

Google announced a new security update to block users sign-in using Embedded browser frameworks in order to improve the protection against Phishing and MitM attacks.

Jonathan Skelker, Product Manager and Account Security at Google said,
“Form of phishing, known as “man in the middle” (MITM), is hard to detect when an embedded browser framework (e.g., Chromium Embedded Framework – CEF) or another automation platform is being used for authentication. “

Cybercriminals abusing this technology to perform Man-in-the-Middle attacks and steal the user’s credentials by intercepting the web traffic when Embedded browsers frameworks help users for the automated login process.

Embedded Browser Frameworks Lets Hackers Intercept the Traffic

If any users enter the Google account credentials on the phishing page that using Embedded browser frameworks will automate the login process by interacting with the original Google server.

Meanwhile, MITM attacker intercepts the communications between a user and Google in real-time to obtain the user’s credentials, and also this technique also used to bypass the 2-factor authentication.

Because we can’t differentiate between a legitimate sign in and a MITM attack on these platforms, we will be blocking sign-ins from embedded browser frameworks starting in June, Google said.

To prevent users from login based attacks, last year Google announced JavaScript to be enabled is require in your browser when users sign in so that Google can run a risk assessment whenever credentials are entered on a sign-in page and block the sign-in if we suspect an attack.

Similarly this new announcement brings more protection from credentials based phishing and Man-in-the-Middle attacks.

As an alternative method to embedded browser frameworks, Google suggested that developers use browser-based OAuth authentication, which enables users to see the full URL of the page where they’re entering their credentials.

“If you are a developer with an app that requires access to Google Account data, switch to using browser-based OAuth authentication today.”
Jonathan Skelker said.

Comments

Information Security Analyst Interview Questions

Top 12 Information Security Analyst Interview Questions & Answers 1) Explain what is the role of information security analyst? From small to large companies role of information security analyst includes Implementing security measures to protect computer systems, data and networks Keep himself up-to-date with on the latest intelligence which includes hackers techniques as well Preventing data loss and service interruptions Testing of data processing system and performing risk assessments Installing various security software like firewalls, data encryption and other security measures Recommending security enhancements and purchases Planning, testing and implementing network disaster plans Staff training on information and network security procedures 2) Mention what is data leakage? What are the factors that can cause data leakage? The separation or departing of IP from its intended place of storage is known as data leakage. The factors that are respons...

Tr0ll 1.0 – Vulnhub CTF Challenge Walkthrough

Tr0ll 1.0 is an intentionally vulnerable machine, which is more of a CTF like type than real world scenario. Nevertheless, this machine has its own difficulties and you can learn some new stuff from it. So, let’s start. Enumeration Phase Let’s first run netdiscover to find the IP of our machine. netdiscover -r 192.168.1.1/24 After that, we run our typical nmap scan to see the open ports in the machine. nmap -A -sS -Pn -vv [target] Great we see many interesting stuff here. First of all, there is an open FTP port and we can connect to it with anonymous access . Also there is an open http port, we will run a nikto scan for it. The ssh port will be valuable later. From the nikto scan we got an interesting /secret/ folder. When we get inside, we can understand why the machine got this name. Nothing interesting here, as you can see. we got trolled Let’s connect ...

FartKnocker – Vulnhub CTF Challenge Walkthrough

Fart Knocker is a Boot2Root Challenge from TopHatSec Series and is available at Vulnhub . This is a unique and interesting challenge that includes Packet Analysis and Port Knocking. In this walkthrough, I’ll be using Parrot Security OS but you can use any Linux distro you want. Start the Virtual machine and use Netdiscover to find its IP Address. Register this IP to your local DNS file “/etc/hosts”. sudo netdiscover -r [IP/subnet] sudo nano /etc/hosts Run a full port Nmap scan. There’s no port open except HTTP. Open this on your browser. Click on the link below, you’ll be prompted to download a file. This is a “pcap” file. when you open this file in Wireshark, you’ll see a knocking pattern on port no 7000, 8000, 9000, 7000, 8000. Apply TCP filter to see the pattern. Now, I’ll use a utility “knock” to knock these ports install Knockd sudo apt install knockd knock knock.local 7000 8000 9000 7000 8000 nmap -p- knock.local By running Nmap...

Red Securium

Search This Blog