Contrary to Reports—Cookiejacking Presents a Major Risk

In a recent Reuters article, Italian security researcher Rosario Valotta described a new zero-day attack on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) browser that he has named “cookiejacking.”  The main idea behind cookiejacking has actually been around for several years now—better-known names for this technique are side-jacking or session hijacking. However, what Rosario discovered is a new delivery [...]