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How to protect against Firesheep attacks
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Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2010 03:08:51 -0500 (CDT)
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9193201/How_to_protect_against_Firesheep_attacks By Gregg Keizer Computerworld October 26, 2010 Security experts today suggested ways users can protect themselves against Firesheep, the new Firefox browser add-on that lets amateurs hijack users' access to Facebook, Twitter and other popular services via Wi-Fi. Firesheep adds a sidebar to Mozilla's Firefox browser that shows when anyone on an open network -- such as a coffee shop's Wi-Fi network -- visits an insecure site. A simple double-click gives a hacker instant access to logged-on sites ranging from Twitter and Facebook to bit.ly and Flickr. Since researcher Eric Butler released Firesheep on Sunday, the add-on has been downloaded nearly 220,000 times. [...] ___________________________________________________________ Tegatai Managed Colocation: Four Provider Blended Tier-1 Bandwidth, Fortinet Universal Threat Management, Natural Disaster Avoidance, Always-On Power Delivery Network, Cisco Switches, SAS 70 Type II Datacenter. Find peace of mind, Defend your Critical Infrastructure. http://www.tegataiphoenix.com/
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