Recently scientists from Carnegie Mellon have to find Network Attacks, specially Man in the Middle attacks.
These kind of Network attacks are hard to find as it invloves Hi-tech Hackers.
The Software compares responses received by trusted websites and tells users if it looks like data is being intercepted.
Wireless Network Risks.
At the moment many bank and big online retail sites use independently verified security certificates to protect transactions and secure communications with customers.
But at the moment there are many sites which lack these security features and more and more people around the world use these websites from public WI-FI spots. This growing use of public WI-FI hot spots had made it very easy for hi-tech hackers to hijack and eavesdrop on web browsing sessions.
And the worst part is most people don’t even know that they are been attacked.
Criminal hackers try to interpose themselves between PCs and the sites they visit to steal information or gain access to valuable resources such as online accounts.
How does the Software work.
The Perspectives system designates a series of sites as trusted notaries.
When a web user visits a site the trusted notaries visit too. The data received by all those requesting data is compared and a warning given if there are discrepancies which suggest a user’s traffic is being intercepted.
The system should also help if the established system using security certificates breaks down.
To spread the word about this defense the researchers have signed up a series of sites to act as notaries and have developed software worried web users can install to help protect them.
This software is currently available as an add-on with FireFox Browser, Apple’s OS X on Intel Machines and Linux.
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