Inspiration Blog 2011: “How to access Facebook, Gmail and other sites without Login Password” plus 1 more

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

“How to access Facebook, Gmail and other sites without Login Password” plus 1 more | Blogsolute

How to access Facebook, Gmail and other sites without Login Password

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 09:14 AM PDT

Security, today is a major concern while surfing on Internet. Many websites we use including Social networking sites, you require username and password to login and access content inside. Also, some have implemented tough system to protect privacy but here is a trick which lets you access websites without requiring Login Credentials.

When you login to any website using Username and password, system checks the information and authenticates your login and stores a cookie on your system which is then used for further requests. This is stored until you log-out or clear cookies from browser.

Obviously it is very common for websites to protect your username and password by encrypting the initial login. In fact, after browsing, where the authentication is done through cookies, it is not encrypted, and when a malicious user takes possession of your cookie, they can have full access to the “website” provided they are on the same IP address. This is called HTTP session hijacking (sometimes called “sidejacking”) when an attacker gets a hold of a user’s cookie, allowing them to do anything the user can do on a particular website.

When you login via Open Wi Fi network, many others are connected to same and they have same IP Address. Firesheep is a Firefox extension designed to demonstrate how can one take possession of some other person’s cookies and login as himself on any site namely, Facebook, Gmail, etc.

After installing this Firefox addon, you will see it in a sidebar. When you are on any Open / Busy WiFi, just press “Start Capturing” this starts searching for a user browsing some insecure site known to Firesheep and displays their name.

When you double click on that link, you are logged in as themselves instantly.

This is compatible with Mac OS X, Linux and Windows. Windows users need WinCap installed to use this.

Download Firesheep

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How to Lock Keyboard and Prevent Accidental Key Strokes

Posted: 26 Oct 2010 05:25 AM PDT

There are times when we may need to lock our keyboards. This may be due to security reason or to prevent accidental key strokes made by children present around. Toddler Keys is a small application that can fulfill this requirement with advance features.

Toddler Keys is a small freeware application for windows that allows you to lock keyboard of your desktop or laptop. You can also enable password locking hence preventing unauthorized access to your keyboard. After installation it resides in system tray and can be configured according to user convenience.

You can select to show password on the locked screen, automatically keyboard locking interval time, change the password and show pictures while the keyboard is locked. Once the keyboard is locked you have to type the password to unlock it.

My Verdict: More than security I like this application specially for laptops where you do not have any option to detach the keyboard while cleaning it, so only option left was to shutdown laptop before cleaning the keyboard.

Download Toddler Keys (480.80KB)

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