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Does logging out and deleting cookies has any effect on session stealing attack?
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<blockquote data-quote="Wrecker4923" data-source="post: 1112920" data-attributes="member: 110877"><p>It seems to me that the bot summarized this pretty well. If you logout and all the cookies/tokens are invalidated; there is nothing to steal. If they manage to steal some tokens/cookies before that, there might be problems even after you logout, varying with the implementations of your services. </p><p></p><p><strong>The key </strong>is to not get malware on your system at the first place. You may not know what the malware is, its capabilities, or the vulnerabilities that your services may have. </p><p></p><p>Otherwise, sure, always log out for important / not-often-used accounts. Don't click "remember me"/"trust this device" at the 2FA step (that can be stolen too).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Wrecker4923, post: 1112920, member: 110877"] It seems to me that the bot summarized this pretty well. If you logout and all the cookies/tokens are invalidated; there is nothing to steal. If they manage to steal some tokens/cookies before that, there might be problems even after you logout, varying with the implementations of your services. [B]The key [/B]is to not get malware on your system at the first place. You may not know what the malware is, its capabilities, or the vulnerabilities that your services may have. Otherwise, sure, always log out for important / not-often-used accounts. Don't click "remember me"/"trust this device" at the 2FA step (that can be stolen too). [/QUOTE]
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