Procedure-
1. First of all Download firesheep which means an Firefox extension.2. After installing it, now it can open a sidebar window into your Firefox browser.
3. Therefore, it will show all the people who are connected to unsecured Wi-Fi network at that place. Once they login into your Facebook or twitter account, you will get a notification and with a single click you can login into their accounts easily.
Principle of Working behind it – Cookie Hijacking mainly.
Protection - The best way to protect yourself from such a hacking trick is to avoid using your Facebook or twitter accounts on a unsecured Wi-Fi networks as it is security less loopholes in it.
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