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Firesheep is the Firefox extension that makes it easier to steal logins and take over social media and email accounts after users log in from a WiFi hotspot or even their own unprotected network.
Developers say they were simply hoping to shed light on the problem of not using SSL encryption for user sessions. But the temptation for people to use it for nefarious purposes is too great.
Zscaler researchers have created, and are now offering to every consumer, a free Firefox plugin called BlackSheep, which serves as a counter-measure. BlackSheep combats Firesheep by monitoring traffic and then alerting users if Firesheep is being used on the network.
Firesheep countermeasure tool BlackSheep
Seeded on Mon Nov 8, 2010 9:01 AM EST
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neat but really only addresses the surface of the problem.
one it wouldnt take hardly any work to modify firesheep so blacksheep cant detect it.
Second firesheep is just a nice package designed so that people with zero knowledge can use it. IT was designed to let people know about a flaw, that hackers have known about for ages.
If I am on your network, there are a dozen ways I can get your logins.. firesheep just made it easy for everyone else.
Still not to say it isnt good the pranksters out there no longer have this pranking tool, but those arent the people to worry about either.
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