Humpty Posted August 6, 2007 Share Posted August 6, 2007 Facebook, Yahoo!, Gmail or Hotmail account over a wireless connection just got a lot more dicey, as researchers here at the Black Hat hacker conference today demonstrated a new set of tools that help automate the hijacking of those accounts. Demonstrating the tools before a standing-room only crowd, Errata Security Chief Executive Robert Graham scanned the Black Hat wireless network for anyone logging into their Gmail accounts. Applause erupted after Graham clicked on a link in the attack tool that allowed him to log in at the same time as the victim, displaying the contents of the poor guy's Gmail inbox on giant screens that flank the speaker's podium. Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sockdown Posted August 7, 2007 Share Posted August 7, 2007 Nice article Humpty. I don't trust wireless connections even though they are encrypted. There's always a way around security. public void dammit() { damn.cmon(forYou); damn.delete(You); System.out.println("Mwuhahahaha"); } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pfipps Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Was the user logged in on the https setting? Everyone who has Gmail should just be sure to use https all the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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