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mh.blackhatFeedback(Side-jacking, Hamster)

ID: 0c2037fe-ac3f-52db-b5e7-cb5677222e11

STIX ID: report--0c2037fe-ac3f-52db-b5e7-cb5677222e11

Feed Name: SensePost Blog

Threat Score
30/100

Date Published: 2007-08-14

Date Updated: 2026-04-29

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A blog post recounting a BlackHat demonstration of Side-Jacking (Ferret/Hamster), where an attacker on a shared network can sniff HTTP session IDs to hijack user accounts; the author notes this is an old problem solvable by SSL and criticizes the press and audience reaction as overblown.

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