Firesheep
id:
firesheep-182-13390587
title:
Firesheep
text:
Firesheep was an extension for the Firefox web browser that used a packet sniffer to intercept unencrypted session cookies from websites such as Facebook and Twitter. The plugin eavesdropped on Wi-Fi communications, listening for session cookies. When it detected a session cookie, the tool used this cookie to obtain the identity belonging to that session. The collected identities (victims) are displayed in a side bar in Firefox. By clicking on a victim's name, the victim's session is taken over
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Firefox extension
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firesheep
date created:
2010-10-28T16:58:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T11:16:56Z
main entity:
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image:
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