How to stay safe from Firesheep attacks

If you are using your laptop in public Wi-Fi HotSpots you should know that Firesheep attacks are a serious threat to your security.

Created by Eric Butler, Firesheep allows hackers on same Wi-Fi network as yourself to see everything you are doing on the Internet with a simple “double-click”. Originally created to simply point out how vulnerable many popular sites are, Firesheep became incredibly wide spread and massively used even by novice “hackers”.

The Firefox add-on that has been downloaded by hundreds of thousands of people and can be used by users on the same public network to get instant access to your Facebook or Gmail accounts. This is a real problem, as your privacy is at risk! Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter tend to be the most vulnerable as the cookies they use to maintain your session are unencrypted and can be easily be read with Firesheep.

Firesheep should make you anxious, as there’s no telling what a hacker will do when he gets into your social networking accounts. Consider the use of a VPN service like SunVPN to avoid any attacks that may occur when using a public network.

SunVPN is a premium OpenVPN service that will encrypt your traffic with 256 bit keys by using the latest encryption technology,. This ensures that you will have secured access to the Internet no matter what network you may be currently using. All of your personal information will be kept safe from the hands of “data sniffers”, like the Firesheep application.

Get your SunVPN account now and stay safe from Firesheep attacks even in public Wi-Fi networks.