Cookie theft: how fraudsters get the digital key to your accounts
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Session hijacking is shifting the security boundary from passwords to live browser state—your weakest endpoint is now every logged-in tab. Operators should treat session management and device hygiene as core auth controls, not IT hygiene, and pressure vendors for hardware-bound, short-lived sessions by default.
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