Surviving the web: A journey into web session security

S Calzavara, R Focardi, M Squarcina… - ACM Computing Surveys …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
In this article, we survey the most common attacks against web sessions, that is, attacks that
target honest web browser users establishing an authenticated session with a trusted web …

The cookie hunter: Automated black-box auditing for web authentication and authorization flaws

K Drakonakis, S Ioannidis, J Polakis - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we focus on authentication and authorization flaws in web apps that enable
partial or full access to user accounts. Specifically, we develop a novel fully automated black …

The web sso standard openid connect: In-depth formal security analysis and security guidelines

D Fett, R Küsters, G Schmitz - 2017 IEEE 30th Computer …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Web-based single sign-on (SSO) services such as Google Sign-In and Log In with Paypal
are based on the OpenID Connect protocol. This protocol enables so-called relying parties …

Cookie crumbles: breaking and fixing web session integrity

M Squarcina, P Adão, L Veronese… - 32nd USENIX Security …, 2023 - usenix.org
Cookies have a long history of vulnerabilities targeting their confidentiality and integrity. To
address these issues, new mechanisms have been proposed and implemented in browsers …

The Security Lottery: Measuring {Client-Side} Web Security Inconsistencies

S Roth, S Calzavara, M Wilhelm, A Rabitti… - 31st USENIX Security …, 2022 - usenix.org
To mitigate a myriad of Web attacks, modern browsers support client-side security policies
shipped through HTTP response headers. To enforce these defenses, the server needs to …

The state of the samesite: Studying the usage, effectiveness, and adequacy of samesite cookies

S Khodayari, G Pellegrino - 2022 IEEE symposium on security …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Chromium-based browsers now restrict cookies' scope to a same-site context by changing
the default policy for cookies, thus requiring developers to adapt their websites. The extent of …

Reining in the web's inconsistencies with site policy

S Calzavara, T Urban, D Tatang, M Steffens… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - iris.unive.it
Over the years, browsers have adopted an ever-increasing number of client-enforced
security policies deployed through HTTP headers. Such mechanisms are fundamental for …

You call this archaeology? evaluating web archives for reproducible web security measurements

F Hantke, S Calzavara, M Wilhelm, A Rabitti… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Given the dynamic nature of the Web, security measurements on it suffer from reproducibility
issues. In this paper we take a systematic look into the potential of using web archives for …

PhishCatcher: Client-Side Defense Against Web Spoofing Attacks Using Machine Learning

M Ahmed, AB Altamimi, W Khan, M Alsaffar… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cyber security confronts a tremendous challenge of maintaining the confidentiality and
integrity of user's private information such as password and PIN code. Billions of users are …

Can i take your subdomain? exploring {Same-Site} attacks in the modern web

M Squarcina, M Tempesta, L Veronese… - 30th USENIX Security …, 2021 - usenix.org
Related-domain attackers control a sibling domain of their target web application, eg, as the
result of a subdomain takeover. Despite their additional power over traditional web …