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6 Reasons Why Device Code Phishing is the Fastest-Growing Threat of 2026

lowthehackernewsPublished 2026-07-31

Device code phishing - the abuse of the OAuth 2.0 device authorization grant to steal access tokens - has evolved from a niche red-team technique to an industrial-scale threat in under six months.

Designed for input-constrained devices like smart TVs, printers, and so on, the device authorization login flow has been adopted by a wide range of apps and use-cases that it wasn't originally

Original source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/6-reasons-why-device-code-phishing-is.html