{
  "id": 95643,
  "title": "Google Password Manager Attacks Could Let Malware Hijack Passkey-Protected Accounts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/03/google-password-manager-attacks-could-let-malware-hijack-passkey",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-03T16:24:47.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hacker News",
    "slug": "the-hacker-news",
    "url": "https://thehackernews.com/2026/08/google-password-manager-attacks-could.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}