OAuth is an open, secure data sharing standard designed to protect user data by providing access to that data, but keeping a user’s identity private. The standard was created in 2006 ...
Researchers have discovered a flaw in Google’s OAuth system that could allow attackers to access potentially sensitive data from former employee accounts at defunct startups. Google’s OAuth is ...
A weakness in Google’s OAuth “Sign in with Google” feature could enable attackers that register domains of defunct startups to access sensitive data of former employee accounts linked to ...
Relatedly, lots of business-minded webapps use Google's OAuth, i.e. "Sign in with Google." It's a low-friction feedback loop—up until the startup fails, the domain goes up for sale, and somebody ...