Be careful that you are using Internet Explorer, because Microsoft's browser that could actually be a gateway for hackers (hackers) to access or hijack your Facebook and Twitter accounts.
A computer security researcher from Italy, Rosario Valotta, found that the collection of cookies that are stored when you use IE, can be stolen hackers who could then be used to access the web that you have ever visited.
"A little website. A little cookie (which means access to many websites, a lot of cookies). The limit is only your imagination," said Rosario Valotta that an independent Internet security researcher told Reuters.
Hackers can exploit this weakness to access data files stored in the browser, known as "cookies", including in it could be a login name and password for web account.
Once hackers have the cookie, he can use it to access the same site, said Valotta.
This technique he called "cookiejacking".
A computer security researcher from Italy, Rosario Valotta, found that the collection of cookies that are stored when you use IE, can be stolen hackers who could then be used to access the web that you have ever visited.
"A little website. A little cookie (which means access to many websites, a lot of cookies). The limit is only your imagination," said Rosario Valotta that an independent Internet security researcher told Reuters.
Hackers can exploit this weakness to access data files stored in the browser, known as "cookies", including in it could be a login name and password for web account.
Once hackers have the cookie, he can use it to access the same site, said Valotta.
This technique he called "cookiejacking".