OAuth and Modern Auth Security Hub
Use this hub when identity and delegated access are the problem: browser auth, token handling, SSO, third-party access, and modern auth trade-offs.
Guides
16
Latest Update
May 8, 2026
Primary Intent
Guides on OAuth 2.0, PKCE, redirect URI validation, JWT vs sessions, and delegated access design decisions.
OAuth 2.0 Vulnerabilities and Security Best Practices: PKCE, State, Redirect URI
A complete OAuth 2.0 security guide covering redirect URI attacks, state parameter defenses, PKCE, token leakage, scope abuse, and production-ready OAuth best practices.
API Authentication: JWT vs Session vs OAuth 2.0 Security Comparison
Compare JWT, server-side sessions, and OAuth 2.0 for API authentication, including security trade-offs, cookie vs token risks, and when each approach is the right fit.
Kubernetes Security Best Practices: Production Checklist for Real Clusters
A production-focused Kubernetes security checklist covering RBAC, pod security, network policies, secrets, admission control, runtime detection, and incident readiness. Includes practical examples, common failure patterns, and hard lessons from public cloud-native incidents.
How to Secure a CI/CD Pipeline Step-by-Step
A step-by-step guide to CI/CD pipeline security covering repository trust, secret handling, dependency verification, artifact signing, ephemeral runners, approvals, and monitoring. Includes common attack paths, practical controls, and lessons from real pipeline compromises.
GitHub Actions Security Best Practices
A production-oriented GitHub Actions security guide covering untrusted input, forked pull requests, pinned actions, OIDC, permissions minimization, artifact integrity, and runner isolation. Includes examples, real compromise lessons, and a practical hardening checklist.
How to Prevent Supply Chain Attacks in CI/CD
A hands-on supply chain security guide for CI/CD covering dependency trust, action pinning, artifact signing, provenance, runner isolation, SBOMs, and release verification. Includes lessons from SolarWinds, Codecov, xz, and GitHub Actions ecosystem incidents.
Clickjacking Attack Explained: Prevention, Examples, and Security Guide
Clickjacking is easy to dismiss because the payload is just a click, not an exploit string. This article focuses on where framing bugs still matter, why teams miss them, and how to shut them down cleanly with modern header policy.
Open Redirect Vulnerability: Exploitation, Examples, and Prevention Guide
Open redirects often get waved away as low severity, then show up later in phishing kits and broken OAuth flows. This article looks at the cases that actually matter in practice and the redirect validation patterns that hold up under testing.
SAML Security Vulnerabilities: Signature Validation, Misconfigurations, and Hardening Guide
SAML is still core infrastructure for enterprise SSO, and small validation mistakes still lead to serious compromise. This article focuses on the failure modes that matter in real service-provider implementations, not just protocol theory.
API Authentication Bypass: 6 Techniques Attackers Use (And How to Stop Them)
From JWT algorithm confusion to OAuth misconfiguration — the most common API authentication bypass techniques we find in penetration tests, with real code examples and fixes.
Password Security: Hashing, Salting & Bcrypt vs Argon2 Guide
Master password security with in-depth comparison of bcrypt, Argon2, PBKDF2, and scrypt. Includes implementation examples and security best practices.
JWT Security: Vulnerabilities, Best Practices & Implementation Guide
Comprehensive JWT security guide covering token anatomy, common vulnerabilities, RS256 vs HS256, refresh tokens, and secure implementation patterns.
How to Secure AI Agents: Identity & Access Management for Agentic AI
Machine identities now outnumber human identities 45:1. Learn how to implement IAM for AI agents — authentication, authorization, credential management, and delegation chains in multi-agent systems.
API Security Trends 2026: Protecting REST, GraphQL & gRPC in an AI-Driven World
APIs now account for 83% of web traffic. This guide covers the most critical API security trends for 2026 — AI-generated API abuse, GraphQL-specific attacks, gRPC security, API gateways, and runtime protection strategies.
Phishing-Resistant MFA: Passkeys, WebAuthn & the End of Passwords in 2026
Traditional MFA is defeated by real-time phishing proxies like Evilginx2. This guide covers phishing-resistant authentication — FIDO2/WebAuthn, passkeys, hardware keys, and why SMS OTP is no longer acceptable.
Major Cyberattacks of 2024–2025: Timeline, Impact & Lessons Learned
A detailed analysis of the most significant cyberattacks of 2024-2025, including Snowflake, Change Healthcare, MOVEit aftermath, and AI-powered attacks. With interactive charts and key takeaways.