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The Shopify Breach: Why Authz Exploits Slip by Most Security Defenses
What Happened As part of a bug bounty, the security researcher Uzsunny found a critical vulnerability on the Shopify platform. The vulnerability allowed the attacker to assign himself as a “collaborator” to any store on Shopify without approval from the store’s manager. Collaborators have full access to perform any action on the store, including reading […]
Aug 2, 2021 · 3 minAll articles by Inon Shkedy
Showing 1–3Why Was Facebook Vulnerable to an Authentication Exploit?
What Happened: As part of a bug bounty program, the AppSecure cybersecurity research team found a vulnerability on the authentication mechanism of Facebook. It gave them the ability to potentially gain full control of the social media giant’s more than 1 billion users. The team won a $15,000 bounty for its discovery. This vulnerability was […]
The Uber API Authorization Vulnerability
What Happened In September 2019, a critical bug was discovered on Uber API, which allows merchants, service providers and others to offer ride-sharing services to customers. Uber had exposed a vulnerable application programming interface (API) endpoint that allowed attackers to steal valuable data, including personally identifiable information (PII) records and authentication tokens of riders and drivers. The leaked […]