{"id":25638,"date":"2026-10-25T07:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T06:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/cookie-theft-how-fraudsters-get-the-digital-key-to-your-accounts\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T07:37:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T06:37:19","slug":"cookie-theft-how-fraudsters-get-the-digital-key-to-your-accounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/cookie-theft-how-fraudsters-get-the-digital-key-to-your-accounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Cookie theft: how fraudsters get the digital key to your accounts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Session cookies\u2019 are a primary target for hackers letting them hijack and use your accounts<\/p>\n<p>You\u2019ve had a busy morning of life admin, logging into various accounts to check balances and make payments. At the end of a productive few hours you close your laptop and move on to your next job.<\/p>\n<p>What you don\u2019t know is that fraudsters have hijacked your session with the bank and are now able to access your account. You are the victim of cookie theft, which belongs to a type of fraud known as \u201csession hijacking\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2026\/oct\/25\/cookie-theft-how-fraudsters-get-the-digital-key-to-your-accounts\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d704090ec1423450c012cae431933c0b4d4b1437\/1425_927_4926_3943\/master\/4926.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=900c5b114da3d3054d71f6f77be6e3db\" title=\"Cookie theft: how fraudsters get the digital key to your accounts\" \/>\u2018Session cookies\u2019 are a primary target for hackers letting them hijack and use your accounts<br \/>\nYou\u2019ve had a busy morning of life admin, logging into various accounts to check balances and make payments. At the end of a productive few hours you close your laptop and move on to your next job.<br \/>\nWhat you don\u2019t know is that fraudsters have hijacked your session with the bank and are now able to access your account. You are the victim of cookie theft, which belongs to a type of fraud known as \u201csession hijacking\u201d. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Session cookies\u2019 are a primary target for hackers letting them hijack and use your accounts You\u2019ve had a busy morning of life admin, logging into various accounts to check balances and make payments. At the end of a productive few hours you close your laptop and move on to your next job. What you don\u2019t &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/25\/cookie-theft-how-fraudsters-get-the-digital-key-to-your-accounts\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Cookie theft: how fraudsters get the digital key to your accounts<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25638"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}