Google on Tuesday said it’s piloting a new feature in Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) to help protect users against session cookie theft by malware. The prototype – currently tested against “some” Google Account users running Chrome Beta – is built with an aim to make it an open web standard, the tech […]
Explore how an advanced exposure management solution saved a major retail industry client from ending up on the naughty step due to a misconfiguration in its cookie management policy. This wasn’t anything malicious, but with modern web environments being so complex, mistakes can happen, and non-compliance fines can be just an oversight away.Download the full […]
Mondelez Global LLC, the parent company of Oreo cookies as well as other important food goods, has issued a notification indicating that the Oreo cookie manufacturer has been hacked, and that the firm has been forced to deal with a data breach that includes a number of different individuals’ personal information. Mondelez International is a […]
One of the most popular and widely used web servers for Java is Apache Tomcat. It is small, simple to install, and highly pleasant for constructing Java web applications. It can also be used to create applications that are a bit more sophisticated than the conventional JSP application online since it can include JSF implementations […]
Cross-site tracking cookies have a bleak future but can still cause privacy woes to unwary users
The French authority on information security determined to impose a €60 million penalty against Facebook and a €150 million penalty against Google after concluding that both companies hide from users the possibility of rejecting tracking cookies, so users must make endless clicks for this purpose. In their resolution, the authorities point out that both companies […]
Google attributed the malware campaign to a group of attackers recruited via a Russian-language hacker forum. Google has disclosed details of a new campaign involving phishing attacks launched against YouTube channel owners with the sole purpose of hijacking their channels. According to the report, threat actors are using cookie theft malware in the attacks to […]
Google has reported that it disrupted the phishing attacks where threat actors had tried to hijack various YouTube accounts using cookie theft malware. The hijacker’s intent was to use those accounts to promote different crypto-currency scams. The crypto-currency scams, which started in 2019, saw hackers recruit their targets on one Russian-speaking platform. They had the […]
Since at least late 2019, a network of hackers-for-hire have been hijacking the channels of YouTube creators, luring them with bogus collaboration opportunities to broadcast cryptocurrency scams or sell the accounts to the highest bidder. That’s according to a new report published by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which said it disrupted financially motivated phishing […]
Gathering cookies is a popular hacking activity and can prove really useful for obtaining information from a target, so it is necessary to know the techniques that threat actors use to obtain this data. On this occasion, cybersecurity experts from the International Institute of Cyber Security (IICS) will show you how to copy cookies from […]
It has been identified recently that the BloodyStealer is being traded on the dark web market. It is a Trojan that is generally used to steal accounts from accounts of successful gaming platforms, which include:- Steam Epic Games Store EA Origin The BloodyStealer Trojan has a trick to avoid detection, and it fetches less than […]
Tired of accepting or rejecting cookie notices on websites you visit? You can now use any of these 3 browser extensions to automatically accept or disable browser cookies notice on any website. In 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented in the European Union (EU) regulating how companies and websites control the data […]
The company will also soon launch anti-fingerprinting measures aimed at detecting and mitigating covert tracking and workarounds
Firefox new Enhanced Tracking Protection (ETP) feature launched to all users of the browser to offer better privacy and protection from cryptojacking.
Popular malware TrickBot is back and this time it has learned some new capabilities like stealing cookies. So far, it has infected around 250 million Gmail accounts. As per the research firm Deep Instinct, among the affected accounts, some belonging to the governments of the US, the UK, and Canada have also fallen victim to […]
If a report from The Wall Street Journal is to be believed, Google is going to implement a built-in tracking blocker in Chrome browser that will block tracker cookies from all third parties, but exempt Google’s own scripts and cookies. Sources familiar with the matter told WSJ that Google will soon roll out a control dashboard […]
VPN software programs of Palo Alto, Cisco, Pulse, and F5 don’t Store Session Cookies Securely- DHS. A warning has been issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) regarding the unreliable nature of Virtual Private Network (VPN) programmes from several well-known VPN service providers including Cisco, Palo Alto Networks, Pulse, and F5. The problem described […]
A new dangerous Mac Malware discovered that stealing the cookies when users visiting a website that belongs to cryptocurrency exchanges and wallet service along with saved credentials from Chrome Browers. “Web cookies are widely used for authentication. Once a user logs into a website, its cookies are stored for the web server to know the […]
Mac users need to beware of a newly discovered piece of malware that steals their web browser cookies and credentials in an attempt to withdraw funds from their cryptocurrency exchange accounts. Dubbed CookieMiner due to its capability of stealing cookies-related to cryptocurrency exchanges, the malware has specifically been designed to target Mac users and is […]
The very prolific Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 has made a huge discovery again, as they revealed to the public another cryptocurrency mining malware. Known as CookieMiner, it is a new crypto mining virus that specifically developed to target Mac hardware. Using cookies connected with login under MyEtherWallet, an interface service supporting Ethereum. “It sparked […]
evilginx2 is a man-in-the-middle attack framework used for phishing login credentials along with session cookies, which in turn allows to bypass 2-factor authentication protection. This tool is a successor to Evilginx, released in 2017, which used a custom version of nginx HTTP server to provide man-in-the-middle functionality to act as a proxy between a browser […]