Gmail cookie vulnerability exposes user's privacy
 

*Source: News.com (http://www.news.com/Gmail-cookie-vul...tag=nefd.top)*
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Petko 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 (http://www.purehacking.com/) security researcher Chris Gatford said. "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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