Hackers bite into "cookies" to plunder user data from websites

Iria · Aug 4, 2007, 05:33 PM

Source: Breitbart.com
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Hackers and computer security specialists gathered in Las Vegas on Friday took aim at popular social networking websites, exposing ways to plunder data from software "cookies" used to track users.

Revelations made at an international gathering of hackers dubbed DefCon come as Internet rivals Google, Microsoft, and Ask acquire firms that rely on cookies to better target money-making online ads.

"Websites could easily fix the problem by encrypting cookies," Errata Security chief executive Robert Graham told AFP.

Aug 4, 2007, 05:33 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Hackers bite into "cookies" to plunder user data from websites Source: Breitbart.com ________ Hackers and computer security specialists gathered in Las Vegas on Friday took aim at popular social networking websites, exposing ways to plunder data from software "cookies" used to track users. Revelations made at an international gathering of hackers dubbed DefCon come as Internet rivals Google, Microsoft, and Ask acquire firms that rely on cookies to better target money-making online ads. "Websites could easily fix the problem by encrypting cookies," Errata Security chief executive Robert Graham told AFP.