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Google Chrome Adds Session Cookie Theft Protection for All Users

The Device Bound Session Credentials feature ties cookies to the device that created them and blocks reuse after malware steals them.

Summary by BleepingComputer
Google says the Chrome Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) security feature is now generally available and is rolling out to all users to prevent account takeovers.

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Google has started to release globally the Device Linked Credentials (DBSC) resource on Chrome, a technology created to combat a threat that has been worrying digital security experts in recent years: session cookies theft. Although little known to the general public, this type of attack allows criminals to assume legitimate accounts even when the victim uses strong password and two-step authentication. The popularity of multifactor authenticati…

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Android Authority broke the news in United States on Thursday, May 28, 2026.
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