FireSheep vs BlackSheep, the Battle of Hackers

Every one can be hackers with FireSheep, kind of plugin for firefox. It collect website access datas from other user in a network as soon as they login to none encryption site, such as facebook, Twitter or e-mail through public hotspot.

The risk of that program is completely fatal. Until now, it has been downloaded more than 750.000 times. According to Eric Bulder, the tool's developer, he doesn't think it will misused. He's suggest to all company to immediately use the SSL line for the secure web browsing. GMail and Hotmail has been long transfered to the encryption SSL. And the Facebook has just planning to use it in this 2011.

Until all providers using its secure connection, all users can use BlackSheep plugin that offered by ZScaler, a security company. This tool will send cookies that contain fake access datas  to the local network. If a computer catch this information with FireSheep and try to login with that data, BlackSheep will give a warning that accompanied with attackers IP addres.

But, this tool not guarantee for full protection because Hackers can be use other program as like as FireSheep that completely undetected by BlackSheep. Moreover, the BlackSheep developers now getting left behind. Other security company, Antago has been upgrade the FireSheep ability. Theirs Spoofing extention can search accounts in the network corporates.