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You can also use Push to find and fix identity vulnerabilities across every app that your employees use, like: ghost logins; SSO coverage gaps; MFA gaps; weak, breached and reused passwords; risky OAuth integrations; and more.",[],{},{"nodeType":243,"data":905,"content":906},{},[907,911,920],{"nodeType":247,"value":908,"marks":909,"data":910},"If you want to learn more about how Push helps you to detect and defeat common identity attack techniques, ",[],{},{"nodeType":301,"data":912,"content":914},{"uri":913},"https://pushsecurity.com/demo/",[915],{"nodeType":247,"value":916,"marks":917,"data":919},"book some time with one of our team for a live demo",[918],{"type":278},{},{"nodeType":247,"value":313,"marks":921,"data":922},[],{},{"entries":924},{"hyperlink":925,"inline":926,"block":927},[],[],[928,943,949,958,984],{"sys":929,"__typename":930,"content":931,"name":942,"title":62},{"id":263},"InsightTextBlockComponent",{"json":932},{"nodeType":239,"data":933,"content":934},{},[935],{"nodeType":243,"data":936,"content":937},{},[938],{"nodeType":247,"value":939,"marks":940,"data":941},"MFA-bypassing Attacker-in-the-Middle phishing kits are the standard choice for attackers today. 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By logging in with an ASP, you are also granting specific permissions to the app. So in the case of Google, you can view, send and delete emails, access contacts, and access the calendar, but you can’t add mail rules, or access other G-Suite apps like Google Drive.   ",[],{},{"nodeType":243,"data":1154,"content":1155},{},[1156],{"nodeType":247,"value":1157,"marks":1158,"data":1159},"It’s important to note that you can’t use this as a substitute for SSO — e.g. you can’t authenticate to a third-party app like Slack using your Google account with an ASP, so the risk is somewhat limited to basic email functionality. 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