Firesheep has gone mobile. For those who may not remember, Firesheep is a Firefox extension, released in October of last year, which allows the user to access the social network accounts logged in on ...

A new Android application has been created that enables users to easily hijack user accounts on either Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter over Wi-Fi networks, similar to the Firesheep Firefox extension.

We brought news of Eric Butler's Firefox extension for HTTP session hijacking called Firesheep back in October last year, but if you haven't already taken steps to ensure your privacy and security ...

Stealing cookies to potentially steal users’ credentials just got so easy and portable that loony stalkers are probably jumping for joy. Picture this mobile-type scenario, as a person with a rooted ...

If you remember the privacy fiasco that Firesheep caused just months ago by allowing laptop-toting pranksters to hijack the Facebook accounts of unwitting public Wi-Fi users, then you'll know the sort ...

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Remember Firesheep? Well, the cookie snatching Firefox extension now has a more portable cousin called FaceNiff. This Android app listens in on WiFi networks (even ones encrypted with WEP, WPA, or ...

In October 2010, a small application called Firesheep had Internet users quivering in fear that their social accounts could be hacked instantly, with a small Firefox extension able to hijack Facebook, ...

FaceNiff is an Android application that, much like the Firefox add-on Firesheep, can hijack unencrypted Facebook, Twitter, and even Amazon credentials from other users on the same Wi-Fi network.

As reported back in April 2009, pen tester Peter Wood, CEO of First Base Technologies, revealed that a structural flaw in the way browsers switch between HTTPS and HTTP data sessions mean that cookie ...

Someone who happens to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network as you could hack your Facebook or Twitter accounts in seconds — just by downloading an Android app and tapping a button. Engadget reports ...