Update, Dec. 03, 2024: This story, originally published Dec. 02, now updated to reflect the 2FA-bypass security threat beyond Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The busiest period of online shopping, ...

Question: What is session fixation and how can I protect my users from it? Session fixation is a vulnerability caused by incorrectly handling user sessions in a Web application. A user’s session is ...

We have already seen what an Internet Cookie is and the different types of Internet Cookies. While Cookies are required for the proper rendering of web pages, there are some cookies, which you may ...

Multi-factor authentication is a great way to keep cybercriminals at bay, but some are apparently getting pretty good at bypassing this type of protection by stealing application and browser session ...

When the malware group Lapsus$ needed to gain access to systems compromised in recent breaches, it not only searched for passwords but also for the session tokens — that is, cookies — used to ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

Mohammedia – Two-factor authentication has long been sold as a strong safety net for online accounts. The idea is simple: even if someone steals your password, they still can’t log in without a second ...

Attackers could exploit two key authentication cookies used by Azure Entra ID to bypass MFA and hijack legitimate user sessions — thus gaining persistent access to Entra ID-protected resources in ...

Every time you visit a website, you're asked to accept cookies. Most people click “I agree” without giving it a second thought. But those little pop-ups aren't just annoying; they also open doors to ...