The article discusses the vulnerability of authentication tokens to theft by infostealer malware, which can bypass Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and passkeys. It highlights a proposed solution using mutual TLS authentication with client certificates, though it notes the significant deployment challenges associated with this approach.
Background
Infostealer malware has become increasingly sophisticated in extracting session tokens from browsers, rendering traditional MFA ineffective against account takeover attacks.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Jul 2, 2026 at 07:02 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10