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Glossary: Threat Vectors: Files, Networks and Endpoints

cookie

Also written: cookies, tracking cookie

A small piece of text a website asks the browser to store and send back with each request, for example to remember that you are logged in. It is the container that usually holds the session token.

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Set-Cookiesession tokenSecure (cookie attribute)HttpOnlySameSite