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PayPal files patent for new method to detect stolen cookies

ID: 759cacf9-33c7-5163-8de1-331bf4dd6868

STIX ID: report--759cacf9-33c7-5163-8de1-331bf4dd6868

Feed Name: Bleeping Computer

Date Published: 2024-02-25

Date Updated: 2026-04-20

Author: Bill Toulas

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PayPal’s patent application outlines a defensive authentication method to detect stolen cookies—including ISP-injected “super-cookies”—by retrieving cookie values from multiple storage locations, deriving expected values, and scoring fraud risk to accept, reject, or step-up authentication, with values protected via public key encryption.

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