OAT-020 Account Aggregation

Account Aggregation is an automated threat. The OWASP Automated Threat Handbook - Web Applications (pdf, print), an output of the OWASP Automated Threats to Web Applications Project, provides a fuller guide to each threat, detection methods and countermeasures. The threat identification chart helps to correctly identify the automated threat.

Definition

OWASP Automated Threat (OAT) Identity Number

OAT-020

Threat Event Name

Account Aggregation

Summary Defining Characteristics

Use by an intermediary application that collects together multiple accounts and interacts on their behalf.

Indicative Diagram

Indicative diagram for OAT-020

Description

Compilation of credentials and information from multiple application accounts into another system. This aggregation application may be used by a single user to merge information from multiple applications, or alternatively to merge information of many users of a single application. Commonly used for aggregating social media accounts, email accounts and financial accounts in order to obtain a consolidated overview, to provide integrated reporting and analysis, and to simplify usage and consumption by the user and/or their professional advisors. May include making changes to account properties and interacting with the aggregated application’s functionality.

For other forms of data harvesting, including the distribution of content, see OAT-011 Scraping. For hastening progress, see OAT-006 Expediting instead.

Other Names and Examples

Aggregator; Brokering; Client aggregator; Cloud services brokerage; Data aggregation; Financial account aggregator; Intermediarisation; Intermediation

See Also

Cross-References

CAPEC Category / Attack Pattern IDs

  • 167 Lifting Sensitive Data from the Client
  • 210 Abuse of Functionality

CWE Base / Class / Variant IDs

  • 799 Improper Control of Interaction Frequency

WASC Threat IDs

  • 21 Insufficient Anti-Automation
  • 42 Abuse of Functionality

OWASP Attack Category / Attack IDs

  • Abuse of Functionality



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