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Title: Warning of webmail wi-fi hijack - BBC
Post by: Stephen Taylor on August 12, 2007, 04:12:48 AM
 Warning of webmail wi-fi hijack - BBC

Security experts have gathered at Black Hat. Using public wi-fi hotspots has got much riskier as security experts unveil tools that nab login data over the air. Demonstrated at the Black Hat hacker conference in Las Vegas, the tools make it far easier to steal account details, said Robert Graham of Errata Security. Identifying files called cookies are stolen in the attack which let hackers pose as their victim

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