A speaker at DefCon demonstrated live how it’s possible to choose any IP address visible on an wireless network, and intercept the cookies being exchanged. That enabled him to GRAB PASSWORDS. In the demo, he used utilities called Hamster and Ferret created by Errata Security to snatch a Gmail password, but says Yahoo passwords are snatchable as well. The solution? use SSL by typing https in front of the URL instead of http (as in https://gmail.com).
(props to RealTechNews)
Original post by Mike
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