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Titre: [ThreatPost]Common Firewall Feature Enables TCP Hijacking Attacks
Posté par: igor51 le mai 24, 2012, 05:18:48
Common Firewall Feature Enables TCP Hijacking Attacks

<p>Attackers using a feature that is common to many firewalls, switches and other networking gear could silently hijack Web sessions on mobile and desktop devices, according to a research paper presented by two Ph.D students from the University of Michigan.</p><div class="field field-type-text field-field-short-description">
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                    <p><span>Attackers using a feature that is common to many firewalls, switches and other networking gear could silently hijack Web sessions on mobile and desktop devices, according to a research paper presented by two Ph.D students from the University of Michigan.</span></p>        </div>
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<p><a href="http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/common-firewall-feature-enables-tcp-hijacking-attacks-052312" target="_blank">read more</a></p>
Source: Common Firewall Feature Enables TCP Hijacking Attacks (http://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/common-firewall-feature-enables-tcp-hijacking-attacks-052312)