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New infostealer reaches enterprise devices through FortiClient EMS vulnerability

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New infostealer reaches enterprise devices through FortiClient EMS vulnerability 2026-05-29 at 18:31 By Zeljka Zorz Attackers are delivering a broad-spectrum infostealer to enterprise computers by exploiting a known vulnerability (CVE-2026-35616) in FortiClient Enterprise Management Server (EMS). “The [malicious] payload was presented as a Fortinet endpoint update and executed through FortiClient-managed VPN scripting workflows,” Arctic Wold […]

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To counter cookie theft, Chrome ships device-bound session credentials

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To counter cookie theft, Chrome ships device-bound session credentials 2026-04-10 at 14:45 By Mirko Zorz Cookie theft follows a well-established pattern. Infostealer malware infiltrates a device, extracts authentication cookies, and exfiltrates them to an attacker-controlled server. Because cookies often have extended lifetimes, attackers can access accounts without passwords, then bundle and sell the stolen credentials.

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Best practices for ensuring a secure browsing environment

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Best practices for ensuring a secure browsing environment 2025-01-03 at 07:36 By Mirko Zorz In this Help Net Security interview, Devin Ertel, CISO at Menlo Security, discusses how innovations like AI and closer collaboration between browser vendors and security providers will shape the future of browser security. The post Best practices for ensuring a secure

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Chrome 127 Improves Cookie Protection on Windows

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Chrome 127 Improves Cookie Protection on Windows 2024-07-31 at 16:06 By Ionut Arghire Google has improved the security of cookies in Chrome on Windows and rolled out a Chrome 127 update to address critical- and high-severity vulnerabilities. The post Chrome 127 Improves Cookie Protection on Windows appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Google Will Keep Third-Party Cookies in Chrome

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Google Will Keep Third-Party Cookies in Chrome 2024-07-23 at 18:16 By Ionut Arghire Google no longer plans on deprecating third-party cookies in Chrome and is working on an updated approach. The post Google Will Keep Third-Party Cookies in Chrome appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed View Original Source

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Product showcase: Block ads, cookie pop-ups, trackers with CleanWeb

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Product showcase: Block ads, cookie pop-ups, trackers with CleanWeb 2024-05-16 at 07:01 By Help Net Security A study by PageFair revealed that ad blocker usage surged by 30% in 2016 alone, reflecting a growing public concern for privacy and uninterrupted browsing. Fast-forward to today, and the numbers are even more dramatic. According to Forbes, Americans

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How Google plans to make stolen session cookies worthless for attackers

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How Google plans to make stolen session cookies worthless for attackers 2024-04-03 at 08:31 By Zeljka Zorz Google is working on a new security feature for Chrome called Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC), meant to prevent attackers from using stolen session cookies to gain access user accounts. Session (i.e., authentication) cookies are stored by browsers

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Chrome to Fight Cookie Theft With Device Bound Session Credentials 

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Chrome to Fight Cookie Theft With Device Bound Session Credentials  2024-04-02 at 19:46 By Ionut Arghire Google is bringing to Chrome new features to bind browser sessions to the device and protect users against cookie theft. The post Chrome to Fight Cookie Theft With Device Bound Session Credentials  appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is

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France Fines Yahoo 10 Mn Euros Over Cookie Abuses

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France Fines Yahoo 10 Mn Euros Over Cookie Abuses 2024-01-22 at 13:16 By AFP France’s data protection watchdog fines Yahoo 10 million euros for not respecting users’ refusals of internet-tracking “cookies” The post France Fines Yahoo 10 Mn Euros Over Cookie Abuses appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt from SecurityWeek RSS Feed

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Current ransomware defenses efforts are not working

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Current ransomware defenses efforts are not working 25/09/2023 at 06:31 By Help Net Security Despite some positive developments, the impact of ransomware attacks remains high, according to SpyCloud. Infostealer infections preceded 22% of ransomware events for North American and European ransomware victim companies in 2023 – with common infostealers such as Raccoon, Vidar, and Redline

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