Thursday, 22 December 2011

Hack Facebook and Twitter Password on Wi-Fi Using Firesheep

Accessing your Facebook or Twitter account on public networks like your college, office or any unsecured Wi-Fi always possess a risk to be hacked. This is why because they are not using httpsprotocol like Gmail or any other. Therefore, today we are going to learn a simple trick to hack Facebook and twitter accounts on Wi-Fi and also themethod of protection from it etc..

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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