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burner589432
7y ago
Last I checked hooking key events in Windows requires SYSTEM access. Stealing session tokens can be as easy as just pulling the entire browser profile, which I doubt requires elevated access. I imagine black market postexploitation kits wou
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burner589432
7y ago
So... Nothing apart from some convoluted anecdote? If currently there's no password manager in existence that doesn't let you override the plaintext password extraction / override feature, there's nothing to stop one bei
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burner589432
7y ago
> since the autofill is not 100% reliable, it's not that unusual to go into the password store and manually get the password out of there. I imagine you can extract passwords out of security keys in some form without being on the co
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burner589432
7y ago
If your host is infected with malware but it can't steal your passwords due to hardware boundaries, it still has access to your host at a pretty reasonable permission level. In most corporate environments that's far more damaging
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burner589432
7y ago
If you're trying to prevent credential theft: Educate users on password managers, deploying 2FA, or tokens like this would also make sense. MFA deployments are probably significantly cheaper though (And yes, ActiveDirectory OTP and s
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burner589432
7y ago
If malware is in a position to steal data from your clipboard or keylog your device, it's very likely to be in a position to hijack your session tokens.
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7y ago
Browser based password managers solve this.
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burner589432
7y ago
Unpopular opinion: These keys are about selling the idea that physical-based security is somehow magically better. If you have good password hygene (read: a decent password manager) then I'll need to breach your host to obtain it - if