Hacking social media sites become easier by exploiting cooki
http://www.houstonianonline.com/news/hacking-social-media-sites-become-easier-by-exploiting-cookies-1.2819362#.UVOKURenoXu
Internet users may want to keep an eye on their cookie jar, because a new discovery has linked cookies with hacked social media accounts.
Internet researcher Rishi Narang discovered a flaw in the way cookies are used by Twitter, LinkedIn, Microsoft Outlook/Live, and Yahoo. According to Australia’s SC Magazine, Narang found that cookies can be “stolen and used” in a “session fixation” attack.
A session fixation is a method of hacking that tricks a victim into using a session identifier chosen by the attacker. If successful, it represents the simplest method with which a valid session identifier can be obtained.
One student at SHSU however didn’t find the exploit a big deal.
“If I got hacked like that, I wouldn’t really care,” senior student Christopher Valva said. “It’s just a Twitter account. It’s not my entire life.”
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