Thursday, January 31, 2008

Paranoid at the Airport about yet another security issue

I made it through security with my liquids and gels intact. Wearing UGGs, I forgot I'd have to be able to walk on cold tile through the security arch before I could put my boots back on.  I had time to grab some food and coffee. Safe? I guess not. I got my little "bar stool" at the laptop bar and even got hold of an outlet. So, I pay for my wifi access and then find this story about "sidejacking." Sigh, I am so suspicious of the guy using his mobile near me...oh well. This is life electronic...


By listening to and storing radio signals from the airwaves with any laptop, an attacker can harvest cookies from multiple users and go in to their Web 2.0 application.  Even though the password wasn’t actually cracked or stolen, possession of the cookies acts as a temporary key to gain access to Web 2.0 applications such as Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo.  The attacker can even find out what books you ordered on Amazon, where you live from Google maps, acquire digital certificates with your email account in the subject line, and much more.


Source: blogs.zdnet.com via biverson



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