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General Category => Computer questions => Topic started by: boxmaker on January 26, 2011, 08:07:51 pm
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I am not sure what they called it, I think sidejacked. I just seen on the news, where if you are at a wifi place, and you log in to a site where you let your browser remember your password ( which I never do) there could be a hacker there and they can sign on with your account. Maybe someone here could explain what they do better than me, but I say never let any program remember your password.
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hmm, no, that's not so much about your browser storing your data. It's about sending data via insecure channels. And your browser doing this automatically as you decide to open the page the login belongs to.
It's simple to sniff all the data that is in the air. You just need to notice it, you are a passive receiver who is just plotting the bits.
Session Hijacking (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_hijacking) is a more advanced technic.
If you want to have a look at what's going on in your network or around you in the air - try it:
Wireshark (http://www.wireshark.org/about.html) - the most common network analyzer with decryption support and mostly all, what is needed ;-) try it, it's free.
Air Snare (http://airsnare.en.softonic.com/) - a freeware tool to detect unknown visitors in a network
Microsoft Net Monitor (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=983b941d-06cb-4658-b7f6-3088333d062f&displaylang=en) - a freeware tool observing your own traffic.
regards
Torsten
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Thanks Torsten.