I have wrote many a articles on cookie stealing,today i thought to write on How to steal cookies on a remote computer by a method known as session hijacking,and introduce to cookie stealing What is session hijacking? session hijacking is taking over a user session and stealing cookies on a remote computer . essentially it is when two computers establish a connection and an attacker assumes the position of one of the computers through their session id.By using the authenticated state stored as a session variable, a session-based application can be open to hijacking. When a request is sent to a session-based application, the browser includes the session identifier, usually as a cookie, to access the authenticated session. Rather than snoop for usernames and passwords, a hacker can use a session ID to hijack an existing session and steal cookies on a remote computer How it works 1. an admin logs into his control panel of his website. 2. a session id is generated. 3. his computer mys...
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