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Using Instagram on public Wi-Fi poses risk of an account hijack, researcher says |
July 29, 2014
A configuration problem in Facebook’s popular Instagram application for Apple devices could allow a hacker to hijack a person’s account if they’re both on the same public Wi-Fi network.Stevie Graham, who describes himself as a “hacker at large” based in London, wrote on Twitter that Facebook won’t pay him a reward for reporting the flaw, which he said he found years ago.Graham wrote he hopes to draw more attention to the issue by writing a tool that could quickly compromise many Instagram accounts. He cheekily calls the tool “Instasheep,” a play on Firesheep, a Firefox extension that can compromise online accounts in certain circumstances.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2459060/using-instagram-on-public-wifi-poses-risk-of-an-account-hijack-researcher-says.html#tk.rss_all
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