Google Password Manager Attacks Could Let Malware Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts
- ID
- 10441
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 04 Aug 2026, 12:24 AM
- Fetched
- 04 Aug 2026, 1:46 AM
- Provider
- The Hacker News
- Category
- security
- Original URL
- https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/google-password-manager-attacks-could.html
- Source URL
- https://feeds.feedburner.com/TheHackersNews
Excerpt
Malware running as an ordinary user on a Windows machine can sign into a victim's passkey-protected accounts without a fingerprint, a PIN, or anything at all appearing on the victim's screen. Unit 42 detailed three attack paths against Chrome's Google Password Manager cloud authenticator, which it calls Pass-ta-key, Silver Pass-ta-key and Golden Pass-ta-key; the strongest targets the master key
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