Hack Facebook / Twitter accounts using Fire Sheep

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In my Previous tutorial Hack Facebook /twitter accounts by stealing cookies we hacked Facebook book by side jacking i.e stealing cookies and injecting them in our browser . In this tutorial we will do the same by using a tool Fire sheep .This hack works when computers are connected in  a LAN (Local area network ) or when connected in public WiFi . Best place try out this hack is in schools , collages where computers are connected in LAN and in public places such as airports , hotels  where there's public WiFi



What is Fire Sheep
Fire sheep is an extension developed by Eric Butler for the Firefox web browser. The extension uses a packet sniffer to intercept unencrypted cookies from certain websites (such as Facebook and Twitter) as the cookies are transmitted over networks, exploiting session hijacking vulnerabilities. It shows the discovered identities on a sidebar displayed in the browser, and allows the user to instantly take on the log-in credentials of the user by double-clicking on the victim's name


Hack Facebook / Twitter accounts  using Fire Sheep

Thing we Need :

1. Firefox Browser

2. Fire sheep Firefox plugin 

Procedure :

1. First Download and install Firefox browser and Fire sheep add on

2. Open Firefox , Now click the (1) view button then select (2) side bar finally click(3) fire sheep or simply press ( ctrl + shift +s ) to open fire sheep

3. Now you can see fire sheep has opened up in the side bar Now select your interface by
 going to preferences as shown

4. Now click  on start capture button and wait for a while ,

5. Now you can see different pre- authenticated  sessions on the  side bar select the session which you want .

6. Now you will be automatically logged in the victims account . You can use this tool to hack Facebook/Twitter accounts

Note :- This Hack works only  when computers are in a LAN or WiFi  

Hope you enjoyed this tutorial . In my next article we will look at some of the countermeasures that we can take against these kind of attacks  .Till then have a nice time ........

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