Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Loyola warns about hackers

An e-mail from ITS Services was sent to the entire Loyola University Chicago community regarding the security on all wireless networks.

At the end of October, an exploit was released that could potentially put the public’s online identity at risk. Using popular websites like Facebook, Twitter, and Yahoo, are targets for hijacking personal information. As of recently, an exploit called Firesheep is used to obtain this information.

Read more at Loyola Student Dispatch.

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