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What is cookie hijacking? In a cookie hijacking attack, the attacker steals HTTP cookies by eavesdropping on the communication between a user and a web application, gaining access to the user’s computer or web browser data, or gaining access to the web server memory. Attackers can perform cookie hijacking using techniques that include exploiting cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities, performing man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks, exploiting buffer overflow vulnerabilities on web servers, or planting malware such as trojans. Cookie hijacking vs. cookie poisoning Cookie hijacking is often confused with cookie poisoning . In cybersecurity, the term poisoning is used to describe cyberattacks, where a malicious hacker injects malicious content into data while it is being transmitted. The term hijacking , on the other hand, is used for attacks where malicious hackers attempt to access (read) the data being transmitt...
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