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Researcher details 'Cookiejacking' flaw in Internet Explorer

article published on 26 May, 2011

An independent researcher has demonstrated a flaw in Internet Explorer that he says can be used to steal access credentials to Facebook, Twitter and hoards of other sites. He calls the technique "cookiejacking", as it relies on the cookie information stored by the web browser to keep users access credentials and other information for certain websites. Depending on many conditions, stealing ... [ read the full article ]

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hearme0
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27. May 2011 @ 11:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is why people need to enable private browsing all the time.

The only thing nastier than cookies is Java.

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