Cookiejacking in Microsoft

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A researcher was very charming, recently a computer security researcher has discovered there are incompatibilities in Microsoft Corp's Internet Explorer browser. From the description researchers explained that hackers can steal your credentials to access FaceBook, Twitter and other sites. Researchers call this technique "cookiejacking." Where any existing web site cookies.

Hackers can exploit the flaw to access a data file stored inside the browser known as a "cookie," which holds the login name and password to a web account. Once a hacker has that cookie, he or she can use it to access the same site, who calls the technique "cookiejacking."

The vulnerability affects all versions of Internet Explorer, including IE 9, on every version of the Windows operating system. To exploit the flaw, the hacker must persuade the victim to drag and drop an object across the PC's screen before the cookie can be hijacked.

Could be said that hard work, but researchers say that it is done quite easily by building a puzzle that he put up on Facebook where users are challenged to "dress" photo of an attractive woman.