Google to Fight Cookie Hijacking With Encryption Keys for Chrome Browser
Stealing a password isn't the only way a hacker can break into your online accounts. It’s long been known that malware can also loot a browser’s cookies to hijack your login sessions. Now Google is trying to thwart the threat with a new prototype feature for the Chrome browser. The system is called "Device Bound Session Credentials," and will use encryption to prevent hackers from hijacking a user’s login sessions through such cookie theft. The goal for the project is for it to become an “open ...
Read more at pcmag.com