Cookie theft: how fraudsters get the digital key to your accounts
Reported by The Guardian Business, not nibnow. We are not the publisher of this story, only the source is.
Fraudsters are increasingly targeting session cookies to bypass standard security measures and gain direct access to personal financial accounts without needing passwords.
‘Session cookies’ are a primary target for hackers letting them hijack and use your accounts You’ve had a busy morning of life admin, logging into various accounts to check balances and make payments. At the end of a productive few hours you close your laptop and move on to your next job. What you don’t know is that fraudsters have hijacked your session with the bank and are now able to access your account. You are the victim of cookie theft, which belongs to a type of fraud known as “session hi
Session cookies are small pieces of data stored by web browsers that remember a user is logged into a specific service, allowing them to navigate between pages without repeatedly entering credentials.
- •Further developments in security protocols by financial institutions to detect session hijacking.
- •Advice from cybersecurity experts on how users can protect their browsers from cookie theft.