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Gmail Cookie Stealing Part 1

What is a Cookie? A cookie is a piece of code which is used to authenticate a user on a website, In other words when ever you login to a website such as  Facebook, Gmail, Orkut  etc your browser assigns you a cookie which basically tells the browser that for how long the user should be logged it, Apart of authentication purpose a cookie can be used for variety of different purposes, If you would like to know more about cookie stealing kindly google it up. What is a Session Token? After an authentication is completed , A webserver hands the browser a session token which is used because a webserver needs a way to recognize between different connections, If a hacker could capture your session token then it's a cakewalk for the hacker to hack into your  gmail, facebook or any other account . What is a Session Hijacking Attack? A session hijacking attack is basically an act of capturing session token and injecting it into your own browser to gain acess...

Hack Facebook With Firesheep

Hack Facebook With Firesheep Firesheep With Firesheep the hacker can control any account without even knowing the username and password of the desired account, As Facebook is worlds most popular Social Networking website, therefore it has been the major victim of it, Firesheep uses Http Session hijacking attack to gain unauthorized access to a Facebook or any other account What is Session Hijacking?  As i explained you in my previous post android session hijacking hacking In a Http session hijacking attack an attacker steals victims cookies, Cookies stores all the necessary Information about one’s account , using this information you can hack anybody’s account and change his password. If you get the Cookies of the Victim you can Hack any account the Victim is Logged into i.e. you can hack Facebook Google, Yahoo, Orkut, Flickr etc or any other email account How can we Hack Facebook With Firesheep You will need the following things: Public wifi access winpcap Fire...