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FBI Warns Gmail, Outlook, AOL, Yahoo Users—Hackers Gain Access To Accounts


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ForbesGoogle Issues Cookie Theft Warning—But Has A Clever New FixBy Zak Doffman The threat affects all email platforms providing web logins, albeit Gmail, Outlook, Yahoo and AOL are by far the largest. “Cybercriminals are increasingly focused on stealing Remember-Me cookies and using them as their preferred way of accessing a victim’s email,” the FBI warns, but provides four suggested actions “to protect yourself from putting yourself at risk: “By standardizing how passkeys are managed and transferred,” 9to5mac suggests, “the new specifications will help businesses and consumers have more freedom in choosing the best tools for their needs without being locked into a single ecosystem.

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