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Hijacking sessions using man-in-the-browser

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From the course: Ethical Hacking: Session Hijacking

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Hijacking sessions using man-in-the-browser

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- [Teacher] Man in the Browser, or MITB, is a form of attack which inserts code inside a user's browser possibly by having them visit a malicious website or clicking on a malicious email attachment. The malware sits inside the browser sniffing or modifying transactions prior to their transmission. But not interfering otherwise with the user's activity. This makes Man in the Browser an extremely difficult attack to detect. There are four common ways to create a Man in the Browser. Using browser helper objects, which are dynamically loaded libraries in Internet Explorer. Using extensions. These are the equivalent to browser helper objects for Firefox. Using API hooking. A technique which uses the Windows operating system to route messages through the malware. And using malicious JavaScript. Man in the Browser malware seamlessly integrates into the web application look and feel and retains the original URL and SSL protections. All intents and purposes, the injected page is the original…

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