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Vercel DBSC Session Cookie Binding: Analysis & Hunting

Vercel binds login sessions to a TPM-held key, so stolen infostealer cookies fail elsewhere. It lists 9 detection rules, including a free Splunk SPL rule.

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Chapters

  1. 0:00The hookWith DBSC, stolen session cookies expire within minutes.
  2. 0:05The storyApril incident: stolen cookies exposed.
  3. 0:11Attack pathOAuth compromise led to Vercel account takeover.
  4. 0:27AttributionNo threat actor is attributed.
  5. 0:31Indicators of compromise2 indicators to hunt: 1 URL and 1 registry key.
  6. 0:37MITRE ATT&CK techniques8 ATT&CK techniques, from initial access to collection.
  7. 0:42Remediation4 steps now: Enable MFA on all Vercel accounts.
  8. 0:50Detection rules9 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.
Transcript

0:00With DBSC, stolen session cookies expire within minutes.

0:05April incident: stolen cookies exposed.

0:08Now they expire within minutes.

0:11OAuth compromise led to Vercel account takeover.

0:15Stealer bypassed ABE, extracted and replayed cookies.

0:18DBSC binding reportedly makes replay fail within minutes.

0:27No threat actor is attributed. Confidence: low.

0:322 indicators to hunt: 1 URL and 1 registry key.

0:388 ATT&CK techniques, from initial access to collection.

0:434 steps now: Enable MFA on all Vercel accounts.

0:519 detection rules, in SPL, KQL and Sigma.

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