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Malware abuses Google OAuth endpoint to ‘revive’ cookies, hijack accounts

Multiple information-stealing malware families are abusing an undocumented Google OAuth endpoint named "MultiLogin" to restore expired authentication cookies and log into users' accounts, even if an account's password was reset. Session cookies are a special type of browser cookie that contains authentication information, allowing a person to automatically log in to websites and services without entering their credentials. These types of cookies are meant to have a limited lifespan, so they cann...

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