Hijacking Facebook accounts
Hi everyone,
as some of you already know, I’m a tech junkie, I love my gadgets and I enjoy having access to the internet no matter where I am.
I carry an iPod Touch, blackberry and a laptop almost everywhere I go. A little while ago on #TechCrunch, I read an article on account Hijacking. Something you all need to take extremely seriously, as it exists.
Using Wifi on a public unprotected network allows anyone with very little hacking knowledge (no hacking experience) to fish your cookies in real time and quickly have complete access to your #Facebook, #Twitter, #Youtube, etc. accounts, potentially causing havoc.
I’m looking at a way to protect myself and I will post the remedy on my blog when I do.
Do not sign in on any website over a public wifi spot that does not offer you: HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer, or HTTP over SSL) such as Gmail for example. I’m a little surprised services such as Facebook or Twitter don’t already protect us as this fishing tool has been available for weeks already. You’re not affected if you’re browsing on a cell phone, again providing your cell phone is not using a wifi access point.
Firesheep, written by Eric Buttler demonstrates just how simple and vulnerable we all are over open networks. Firesheep is an extension to Firefox, the popular web browser. This little app accompanied with WinPcap is the cause to this concern.
Try it out yourself!
Eric
(Source: belecnet.com)
