FireSheep – Why You Should Be Worried About Unsecured Wi-Fi Networks
You may have caught glimpses in the news about a Firefox add-on called FireSheep but you may or may not know of its capabilities and the implications it will have upon your interactions online. In a...
View ArticleForce Secure HTTP with NoScript
Yesterday, I blogged about how FireSheep made it quite easy for the average person to impersonate other users on social networking websites that were using the same insecure wireless network. The...
View ArticleHotmail Finally Implements Complete SSL
In a development that could be seen as a response to the havoc that FireSheep has created in the last week, Microsoft has finally enabled complete SSL security for its Hotmail service. Previously,...
View ArticleHTTPS Everywhere – An Easier Way to Force SSL
Last month, I covered how you could use Firefox with the NoScript add-on to force Secure HTTP (HTTPS) in order to protect yourself when using social networking websites on an unprotected wireless...
View ArticleEnable Stronger Security in Facebook
Here’s a quick tip and some news that might have flown under the radar for some. After the fuss and debacle created by the release of FireSheep and the ability for people to easily impersonate others...
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