February 3, 2010, 3:44PM
Black Hat DC: Inside CSSP Hijacking Attacks
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A pair of Spanish researchers here today
demonstrated a way to hack the connection between a Web application and
a database, letting the attacker hijack Web credentials and perform
other nefarious activities. Read the full article. [Dark Reading]
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A Firefox extension that demonstrates HTTP session hijacking attacks;
http://www.ueuh.com/technology/fireshepard-protects-against-hackers-fire-sheep/