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Which attack exploits trust relationships between cloud services to escalate privileges?

  1. Phishing
  2. Cloud Jacking
  3. Identity Federation Attack
  4. API Abuse

Answer: Identity Federation Attack

Identity federation attacks exploit trust between identity providers (IdP) and service providers (SP) in SSO setups. Attackers compromise IdP to gain access to multiple federated services. Mitigation: MFA, short-lived tokens, strict trust policies. Critical for cloud security architecture questions.

Topic Advanced Cybersecurity
Exam Relevance Banking, UPSC, SSC
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