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#Chrome authenticator how to#
Important Notes on How to Use the Magnet AXIOM Cloud Authenticatorįor you to gain access to this login method, you will need to have Google Chrome installed on your device. The Magnet AXIOM Cloud Authenticator is now available through the Chrome extension store, allowing examiners to authenticate a Google profile in Google Chrome and get access to the available data in the target account. Now that using CEF for authentication is no longer supported by Google, examiners can install a Chrome browser extension to input user credentials. Magnet AXIOM Cloud Authenticator Available in Chrome Extension Store One of the methods available to examiners for acquiring Google account data in Magnet AXIOM was to input a user’s credentials using a CEF browser. This form of phishing is known as “ man in the middle” (MITM). In 2019, Google announced that support for embedded browser frameworks (e.g., Chromium Embedded Framework – CEF) would be discontinued due to a difficult to detect form of phishing that could pose a risk to user information when authenticating their identity via an automation platform. See I already have the extension installed for steps on how to uninstall the extension from your local profile. If you already installed the extension in your local profile, you must uninstall it. If you install the AXIOM Cloud Authenticator browser extension in your personal Chrome profile, AXIOM will not be able to connect with the instance and you will not be able to open new windows in your session. The extension must be added to the Chrome profile that is created by the Google Chrome authentication workflow. Warning: Only download the extension in a Chrome profile window launched by selecting the Google Chrome authentication method in AXIOM Process.
