By sniffing data packets using Ferret in the open Wi-Fi network at the famous Black hat security convention, Robert Graham whom is the CEO of Errata Security showed attendee’s that cookies can be used against users of popular web based e-mail systems. He demonstrated a soon to be released program entitled Hamster which enables the cloning of cookies in such a fashion that e-mails can not only be read by, but sent from a hacker’s computer to look and act exactly like it came from the original users e-mail program.

“I like sheep” …..gotta love it!

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