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Vercel rolls out new protection against stolen session cookie attacks

November 7, 2026November 7, 2026 geekfeed0Tagged Cookie, Device Bound Session Credentials, Info Stealer, Information Stealer, malware, security, Security Feature, Vercel

Vercel is gradually rolling out Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) on its platform as a key defense against information stealer malware. The new feature, announced by Vercel’s CTO Malte Ubl on X, binds a login session to the user’s device with a private key stored in a TPM, so even if the session cookie is […]

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New WinRAR version strips Windows metadata to increase privacy

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025 geekfeed0Tagged Dark Mode, Mark of the Web, privacy, Security Feature, windows, Windows privacy, WinRAR, WinRAR 7.10

WinRAR 7.10 was released yesterday with numerous features, such as larger memory pages, a dark mode, and the ability to fine-tune how Windows Mark-of-the-Web flags are propagated when extracting files. WinRAR is a popular file archiver and compression tool for Windows that allows users to create, extract, and manage compressed files, primarily in RAR, ZIP, […]

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