PASS-THE COOKIE ATTACK Threats and Defense Strategies

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COOKIE
PASS-THE
ATTACK
Threats and Defense Strategies
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What is
Pass-the-Cookie Attack?
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A Pass-the-Cookie attack involves stealing a
user's session cookie to impersonate them without
a password. The attacker then gains unauthorized
access to the user's accounts, risking data
compromise.
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Pass-the-Cookie Works?
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How

• Extracting the Session Cookie
• Hackers use cross-site scripting, phishing,
• MITM, and trojan attacks to steal user session
  cookies. These stolen cookies are sold on
• the dark web for malicious use.
• Passing the Cookie
• The attacker injects the stolen session cookie
  into the user's web browser, creating a
• seemingly legitimate session to gain
  unauthorized access to their
• web application.

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Pass-the-Cookie Attacks?
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Mitigating

• Implement Client Certificates
• Employ persistent user tokens with
• client certificates for identity
• verification in server connection requests.
  Effective for smaller
• user bases but challenging at scale.
• Add More Context to Connection Requests
• Add extra elements like requiring a
• user's IP address for web
• application access to enhance
• verification. But this approach may allow both
  attackers and legitimate
• users to share the same public space for access.

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03 Use Browser Fingerprinting
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In connection requests, use browser
fingerprinting with specific browser details
(version, OS, device, language, extensions). This
aligns user identity with context, boosting
security. 04 Leveraging Threat Detection
Tools Proactive network scanning alerts
for unusual activities and identifies malicious
account use, thus preventing significant damage.
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