Browser Session Security With Compromised Cookie Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cybersecurity measures are inadequate in identifying and mitigating stolen browser sessions, allowing malicious actors to bypass multi-factor authentication and access sensitive accounts using compromised cookies and user information.
Innovation Solution
A system that integrates a repository of user information assets, including malware logs, to identify and invalidate compromised browser sessions by retrieving cookies and other associated data, flagging affected accounts for increased scrutiny, and invalidating sessions to prevent account takeover.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional password-based authentication is used, then users can access accounts, but stolen credentials allow malicious actors to bypass security and access sensitive information
Solution Approach 1:
The system proactively checks browser session cookies against a database of stolen credentials before allowing account access. This preliminary security check prevents compromised sessions from being used, addressing the vulnerability of traditional password-based authentication by detecting stolen credentials in advance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system introduces an intermediary security layer that sits between the user's browser session and the account authentication process. This intermediary checks cookies against the stolen credential database, acting as a mediator that blocks malicious access while allowing legitimate users to proceed with normal authentication.
2Reliability
If security checks are performed frequently to detect compromised credentials, then account takeover risk is reduced, but system latency and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts only the essential security function of checking browser session cookies against stolen credentials, separating this specific check from the broader authentication process. This focused approach maintains security effectiveness while minimizing system complexity by implementing only the necessary security verification.
3Reliability
If comprehensive credential checking is implemented across the enterprise network, then security coverage is improved, but propagation latency and implementation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements a universal security check that can be applied across multiple domains and enterprise networks through a single integrated interface. This multi-functional approach allows the same credential checking mechanism to serve various security needs across the network, improving coverage without requiring separate implementation for each system.
Data Source
AI summary
A process that includes receiving a session identity protection query that includes a target domain. The process further includes accessing a security database of compromised cookie data associated with a plurality of domains and determining the target domain is associated with first compromised cookie data of the compromised cookie data included in the security database. The process includes providing the first compromised cookie data in response the session identity protection query.