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Casual management of webhooks

Published : Apr 26, 2023
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Apr 2023
Hold ? Proceed with caution

As remote work continues to increase, so does the adoption of chat collaboration platforms and ChatOps. These platforms often offer webhooks as a simple way to automate sending messages and notifications, but we're noticing a concerning trend: the casual management of webhooks — where they’re treated as configuration rather than a secret or credential. This can lead to phishing attacks and compromised internal spaces.

Webhooks are credentials that offer privileged access to an internal space and may contain API keys that can be easily extracted and utilized directly. Not treating them as secrets opens up the possibility of successful phishing attacks. Webhooks in Git repos can easily be extracted and used to send fraudulent payloads, which the user may not have any way to authenticate. To mitigate this threat, teams handling webhooks need to shift their culture and treat webhooks as sensitive credentials. Software developers building integrations with ChatOps platforms must also be mindful of this risk and ensure that webhooks are handled with proper security measures.

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