IE Cookiejacking
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Computer security researchers found a cookie file that can steal important data from the contents of the computer. Recently discovered in Internet Explorer software.
Cookiejacking could open up important data from Facebook, Twitter and Gmail, or other data from the service on the internet. But Microsoft has not committed when the importance of this attack. A little knowledge about the function of the software cookie file of your browser.
What is a Cookie. A file containing the small data created by the application or browser software. Cookie files store information from the site and account data sites.
What is Cookiejacking. A technique to break through and pass through the sieve of the Internet Explorer security. So the attack can take data in IE cookies that should not be read or taken by someone else.
What are the risks. Cookies are recorded in the file by the browser software as the data is less valuable. But if you go to a site Facebook, Google and Gmail. Your account data is in the Cookie. If the computer has been infected Cookiejacking, then your data could be stolen.
Keep reading