Ethical Hacking: Session Hijacking

Pluralsight does not have an accreditation or official partnership with any of these training centers. EC-Council. The fundamental concept of session persistence in information systems is the EC-Council. Session persistence is an essential component of many features on the web, such as shopping carts and the ability to login. TCP protocol, which is lower on the network tier relies on sessions to allow communication between machines like clients and servers. Session hijacking attacks can seriously compromise the integrity and confidentiality of this communication. The ethical hacker must be able to recognize these risks. These flaws are often exposed because systems are often built insecurely. The risks can be easily mitigated by using simple patterns within an application. This course will discuss both the threats and defenses. This course is part of the Ethical Hacking Series. http://blog.pluralsight.com/learning-path-ethical-hacking