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New Warning As Gmail 2FA Attacks Ongoing—How To Stop The Hackers

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2024-11-01 14:00:09

Your Google account is the gateway to most everything the average criminal hacker could want, including access to your Gmail inbox and the treasure trove of sensitive information it contains. Protecting your Google account is critical in the war against hacking and the use of two-factor authentication remains one of the most recommended weapons in the Gmail defense armoury. A new warning has now been issued by law enforcement as cybercriminals are actively bypassing that 2FA account protection to gain unfettered access to email data. Here’s everything you need to know and, most importantly, how to stop the 2FA-bypass hackers.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation published an October 30 public alert relating to the theft of what are known as session cookies by cybercriminals in order to bypass 2FA account protections.The FBI Atlanta division’s warning stated that hackers are “gaining access to email accounts by stealing cookies from a victim’s computer.” Gmail, being the world’s biggest free email service with more than 2.5 billion active accounts, according to Google, is naturally a prime target for these ongoing attacks.

The FBI warning comes in addition to the awareness campaign I have been engaged upon when it comes to the dangers of 2FA bypass attacks and session cookie theft for Gmail users, as well as those of other web email platforms, over the last year or so. That these types of attacks are a prime method for cybercriminals looking to compromise Gmail accounts is now a given, so let’s cut straight to the chase and look at the best ways to mitigate the threat.

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