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Originally published on satyamrastogi.com Kamerin Stokes monetized DraftKings credentials through underground marketplaces post-plea, revealing systemic gaps in credential revocation and underground market monitoring. DraftKings Credential Traffick...

Account takeover (ATO) is the fraud vector that breaks most traditional detection systems -- not because it is technically sophisticated, but because it uses entirely valid credentials. The attacker is not forging a card number or synthesizing a fake...

Most people think WhatsApp hacks look dramatic. A locked account.A warning message.A sudden logout. But what if the most dangerous WhatsApp attack does none of that? The Ghostpairing attack is a stealthy form of WhatsApp account takeover that doesn’t...

When we talk about account takeover, we usually imagine a familiar story: an attacker steals credentials, hijacks a session, or abuses password reset flows to log in as someone else. This write-up is about something more subtle — and arguably more da...

Overview During a penetration test of a Web Applications API, I discovered a vulnerability in the password reset functionality that allowed an attacker to intercept reset tokens and take over user accounts. By manipulating a user-controllable field i...
