Gmail cookie vulnerability exposes user’s privacy
Posted September 28th, 2007 by Andrew PopoffPetko Petkov of ethical hacking group GNUCitizen has developed a proof-of-concept program to steal contacts and incoming e-mails from Google Gmail users.
“This can be used to forward all your incoming e-mail,” Pure Hacking security researcher Chris Gatford told ZDNet Australia. “It’s just a proof of concept at the moment but what they’re demonstrating is the potential to use this vulnerability for malicious purposes.”
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