Failure Pattern
The redirect from the identity provider to the website (Federated login) is treated as trusted even when adversaries manipulate the path.
User Impact
The user presses “Continue with Google” and unknowingly hands over identity tokens to malicious intermediaries.
Underlying Causes
Redirect URI misconfiguration
Phishing through OAuth consent screens
Bearer tokens vulnerable after redirect
Trust-Native Resolution
Redirect requires trust session continuity validated with TrustKey, making interception meaningless.
Broken Trust Assumption
Many of the most damaging breaches of the past decade occurred in environments that were fully authenticated, encrypted, and compliant.
Incidents including SolarWinds, NotPetya, Capital One, and MOVEit show a consistent pattern: attackers succeeded by inheriting trust, not by breaking it. Security controls validated access, but not intent.