Hello Sandeep, Great article .Can we have the download link also... Regards:Haren.
On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Sandeep Thakur <[email protected]>wrote: > In case you weren’t already weary of Internet security plagues, here’s a > new one for you. Firesheep, a downloadable extension for Firefox, can now > make it more than possible for someone to take over your Wi-Fi session. It > makes it really easy. > > Once installed, a person can hijack your Wi-Fi session, including the > ability to access Twitter, Facebook, Wordpress, and Amazon accounts, among > others. > > Who’s responsible for this? Software developer Eric Butler says he created > the app in order to show the masses how easy it is for their accounts to be > highjacked over a Wi-Fi connection. And if you were already aware of this, > he is simply confirming it for you. > > On his blog, Butler explains the simplicity of Firesheep. “It’s extremely > common for websites to protect your password by encrypting the initial > login, but surprisingly uncommon for websites to encrypt everything else. > This leaves the cookie (and the user) vulnerable.” Butler has made the > add-on openly available and very simple to download and use – so anyone with > a Wi-Fi connection and a strong sense of curiosity can easily try it out. > > Wi-Fi security isn’t a new issue. Concern about accessing secure > information over a public connection has been loudly voiced, but the > effortlessness and availability of Firesheep makes it easy to use by anyone, > even those with little to no technical knowledge. > Butler insists his motives are pure, that website security needs to > acknowledge these holes and fix them before more people like him won’t > exploit them. > > @YAHOO > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "nforceit" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<nforceit%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nforceit?hl=en-GB. > -- Thanks & Regards: Haren Bhatt | Security Analyst |MCSA |SCSA |ENSA |CEHv5 |ECSA-LPT . Blog : http://security-culture.blogspot.com/ "We Have A Culture Of Security." NOTICE:This communication is meant only for the addressee(s) named above and may contain information which is and/or legally privileged. If you are not the named addressee(s), or the agent responsible for receiving and delivering this communication to the named addressee(s), this communication has been sent to you in error, please notify the sender and delete all copies. If so, kindly contact us immediately for retrieval purposes. Unauthorized dissemination, distribution, copying or reliance on this communication is prohibited and may attract criminal penalties. For privacy reasons all the addressee(s) may be hidden. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nforceit" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nforceit?hl=en-GB.
