PRODUCT: CONSUMER SESSION IDENTITY PROTECTION

Disrupt Session Hijacking with Identity Intelligence

Attackers are bypassing passwords and MFA with stolen session cookies from malware-infected consumer devices. SpyCloud gives your security and fraud teams visibility into stolen authentication cookies so you can disrupt session hijacking attacks – before they lead to account takeover and fraud.

HOW IT WORKS

Turn exfiltrated session data into a defense signal

Use SpyCloud’s recaptured malware-exfiltrated session data – cookies, tokens, device IDs, and other artifacts – to identify exposed consumers and active sessions at risk of hijacking.

Identify stolen session cookies

Leverage recaptured malware data to spot valid authentication cookies that attackers can abuse to bypass login and MFA

Prevent session hijacking

Detect risky sessions and trigger actions like token invalidation, session termination, or reauthentication before damage occurs

Protect MFA-enabled accounts

Prevent attackers from sidestepping MFA with stolen session data and maintain trust in your authentication flow

SpyCloud’s Session Identity Protection product has proven second to none and powers a near-real time highly impactful customer protection service that our users were asking for for a long time.

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SpyCloud Session Identity Protection for Consumers FAQs

What is session hijacking?

Session hijacking occurs when a user’s web session is taken over by an attacker. When you log into a site or application, the server sets a temporary session cookie in your browser. This lets the application remember that you’re logged in and authenticated. Some cookies may last only 24-48 hours, while others last for months.

Leveraging malware-siphoned authentication cookies, bad actors can perpetrate session hijacking which bypasses the need for credentials (username + password combo), multi-factor authentication (MFA) and even passkeys altogether. Session hijacking is an increasingly prevalent precursor to fraud.

How do criminals steal session cookies?

Easily (unfortunately).

Step 1: Trick user into clicking on a dangerous link or downloading a malicious attachment to infect their device with malware.

Step 2: The malware siphons all manner of data from the infected device, including credentials, autofill info, and web session cookies without the user being aware of the infection.

Step 3: The criminal can then use a stolen session cookie to authenticate as the user – without the need for a username and password – bypassing security and fraud controls including MFA.

Typically criminals gain access to session cookies by one of two ways: either by deploying malware directly onto a user’s device, or by buying or trading botnet logs on the darknet. Once a criminal acquires the stolen web session cookies, it is scary how quickly and easily they launch account takeover attacks.

How do you prevent session hijacking?

The best way to prevent session hijacking is by understanding what it is and how it’s executed, monitoring for stolen web sessions programmatically, and developing a process to invalidate web sessions related to infected users. Reacting quickly ensures criminals stay locked out and prevents them from reaping the benefits of malicious activity.

Since web sessions can be valid for a couple of days or even a couple of months, having early insights about malware-compromised sessions can help organizations act quickly to thwart session hijacking.

We're rolling out passkeys for our consumers; do we need to worry about session hijacking?

Passkeys are certainly more secure than passwords, but they have some of the same problems. Both forms of authentication are easily bypassed by session hijacking, which enables a criminal to take over an already authenticated session. We cover session hijacking and the vulnerabilities of passkeys in this blog article.

How does SpyCloud detect stolen session cookies?

SpyCloud continuously recaptures malware logs from the criminal underground, including botnet logs and data from infostealer malware. These logs contain stolen data such as credentials, autofill information, and session cookies. Security and fraud teams can use SpyCloud Session Identity Protection to query for compromised session cookies associated with their domains. This allows for proactive detection of stolen cookies tied to their users.