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User Impersonation Functionality

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Some applications implement the facility for a privileged user of the application to impersonate other users, in order to access data and carry out actions within their user context. For example, some banking applications allow helpdesk operators to verbally authenticate a telephone user and then switch their application session into that user’s context in order … Read more

Remember Me” Functionality

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Applications often implement “remember me” functions as a convenience to users, to prevent them needing to reenter their username and password each time they use the application from a specific computer. These functions are often insecure by design and leave the user exposed to attack both locally and by users on other computers: ■ Some … Read more