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World Congress 2026 Europe β€’ Jul 10, 2026 β€’ Session details

MFA? Game over! Watch your protection collapse – live

Christoph Menzel

Think your MFA setup is foolproof? Watch a live hack bypass traditional authenticators in minutes, and learn why FIDO2 passkeys are your only real defense against session hijacking.

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#1 about 5 min

Statistics on password hygiene at home and work

Poor credential management across personal and professional environments creates broad vulnerability architecture.

#2 about 4 min

Common password vulnerabilities and human behavior risks

Easily guessed credentials and a willingness to share information make traditional authentication inherently vulnerable.

#3 about 2 min

Overcoming barriers to passwordless authentication adoption

Replacing traditional credentials with biometrics and cryptographic physical tokens securely shifts the authentication paradigm.

#4 about 5 min

Setting up a man-in-the-middle phishing proxy

Configuring an open-source proxy server automates the creation of convincing fake login portals.

#5 about 4 min

Capturing plain text credentials and session cookies

Interception proxies reliably extract unencrypted usernames and session cookies during the login process.

#6 about 4 min

Bypassing multi-factor authentication with stolen session cookies

Stealing active session tokens allows attackers to bypass secondary application-based authentication measures.

#7 about 4 min

Defending against phishing with hardware passkeys

Using cryptographic hardware keys completely prevents proxy attacks by binding authentication to the real domain.

#8 about 5 min

Shifting organizational security toward phishing-resistant authentication standards

Implementing modern cryptographic protocols neutralizes the inherent weaknesses of traditional password policies and behaviors.

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Shortcomings of passwords and secondary authentication factors

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