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Todays subject: cookies
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small piece of text-based data that a website sends to the cookie file of your web browser on the hard drive of your computer. This allows the website to recognize you.
Typically, a cookie contains the domain name from where it originated, its "lifetime," and a unique number, often generated randomly. This website utilizes two kinds of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary and stay in your browser's cookie file only until you exit the website. Persistent cookies, on the other hand, remain for a more extended period in your browser's cookie file (the exact duration depends on the specific cookie's lifetime).
Cookies are instrumental in enabling a website to tailor its content to better suit your interests. They are a common feature on most major websites. Importantly, cookies alone cannot be used to personally identify you.
Are All Cookies the Same?
Cookies can be categorized into two distinct types:
Session Cookies
These are temporary cookies that get deleted once you close your browser after your browsing session. When you revisit the same site, it won't recognize you as a previous visitor because your browser doesn't retain any information indicating your past visit. These cookies are typically labeled as 'PHPSESSID'.
Persistent Cookies
These cookies stay on your hard drive until you manually delete them or until they reach their expiration date. The duration for which a persistent cookie remains on your browser is determined by the lifespan set by the website you visited. These cookies are designed to remember your information or preferences for a longer period.
What Are Session Cookies Used For?
In the absence of cookies, websites and their servers lack the ability to remember. A cookie acts much like a key, facilitating smooth transitions from one section to another. Without a cookie, each time you open a new webpage, the server hosting that page views you as a brand new visitor.
Websites commonly utilize session cookies to recognize you as you navigate through different pages on the same site, ensuring that any data you've inputted is retained. For instance, without session cookies, an e-commerce website would not be able to keep track of items in your shopping cart, and they would vanish before you could complete your purchase at the checkout. You have the option to enable session cookies by altering the settings in your web browser.
What Are Persistent Cookies Used For?
A persistent cookie is designed to recall your preferences on future visits, thereby streamlining or improving the services or features available to you.
Consider a website that provides its content in various languages. During your initial visit, if you select French as your preferred language, the site might store this preference in a persistent cookie on your browser. Upon returning to the site, it will reference the cookie to present the content in French automatically. Features like the "Remember Me" option on websites utilize this type of cookie to enhance user experience by remembering your choices and preferences over time.
What Can't Cookies Do?
Cookies are essentially harmless files or keys; they do not have the capability to probe into your computer to gather information about you, your family, or access any data stored on your hard drive. Their function is merely to unlock a computer's memory, enabling a website to identify returning users. This recognition allows the website to provide access to varied content or services tailored to the user. It is important to understand that it is technically unfeasible for cookies to retrieve personal information from your computer.
What can cookies be used for?
While cookies themselves are designed to be harmless and cannot directly access personal information on your computer, they can become a tool in certain scenarios. Here's howone might "misuse"
cookies:
1. Cookies, especially third-party cookies, can track a user's browsing history across multiple sites. This data can be used to build a profile of the user's interests, habits, and behaviors. Malicious actors might use this information for purposes like phishing.
2. If a cookie contains sensitive session information and is not properly secured, it can be intercepted by a hacker. This is particularly risky on unencrypted connections. The attacker could use this session cookie to impersonate the user on a website, gaining unauthorized access to their accounts.
3. If a website is vulnerable to XSS attacks, an attacker can inject malicious scripts that can be executed in the context of the user's session. These scripts can hijack cookies and send them to the attacker, who can then use them to impersonate the user.
4. Cookie poisoning involves altering the contents of a cookie before it is sent back to the server. If an attacker can manipulate cookies to contain false information, it can lead to unauthorized access to user accounts or data.
5. Phishers might use cookies to track the success of phishing campaigns. By embedding cookies in phishing emails or websites, they can gather information about who has interacted with their content.
Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more hot loads of knowedge shot deep inside you
Bonjour, mes amis fraudeurs!
こんにちは、私の詐欺師の友達。
Todays subject: cookies
What are cookies?
A cookie is a small piece of text-based data that a website sends to the cookie file of your web browser on the hard drive of your computer. This allows the website to recognize you.
Typically, a cookie contains the domain name from where it originated, its "lifetime," and a unique number, often generated randomly. This website utilizes two kinds of cookies: session cookies and persistent cookies. Session cookies are temporary and stay in your browser's cookie file only until you exit the website. Persistent cookies, on the other hand, remain for a more extended period in your browser's cookie file (the exact duration depends on the specific cookie's lifetime).
Cookies are instrumental in enabling a website to tailor its content to better suit your interests. They are a common feature on most major websites. Importantly, cookies alone cannot be used to personally identify you.
Are All Cookies the Same?
Cookies can be categorized into two distinct types:
Session Cookies
These are temporary cookies that get deleted once you close your browser after your browsing session. When you revisit the same site, it won't recognize you as a previous visitor because your browser doesn't retain any information indicating your past visit. These cookies are typically labeled as 'PHPSESSID'.
Persistent Cookies
These cookies stay on your hard drive until you manually delete them or until they reach their expiration date. The duration for which a persistent cookie remains on your browser is determined by the lifespan set by the website you visited. These cookies are designed to remember your information or preferences for a longer period.
What Are Session Cookies Used For?
In the absence of cookies, websites and their servers lack the ability to remember. A cookie acts much like a key, facilitating smooth transitions from one section to another. Without a cookie, each time you open a new webpage, the server hosting that page views you as a brand new visitor.
Websites commonly utilize session cookies to recognize you as you navigate through different pages on the same site, ensuring that any data you've inputted is retained. For instance, without session cookies, an e-commerce website would not be able to keep track of items in your shopping cart, and they would vanish before you could complete your purchase at the checkout. You have the option to enable session cookies by altering the settings in your web browser.
What Are Persistent Cookies Used For?
A persistent cookie is designed to recall your preferences on future visits, thereby streamlining or improving the services or features available to you.
Consider a website that provides its content in various languages. During your initial visit, if you select French as your preferred language, the site might store this preference in a persistent cookie on your browser. Upon returning to the site, it will reference the cookie to present the content in French automatically. Features like the "Remember Me" option on websites utilize this type of cookie to enhance user experience by remembering your choices and preferences over time.
What Can't Cookies Do?
Cookies are essentially harmless files or keys; they do not have the capability to probe into your computer to gather information about you, your family, or access any data stored on your hard drive. Their function is merely to unlock a computer's memory, enabling a website to identify returning users. This recognition allows the website to provide access to varied content or services tailored to the user. It is important to understand that it is technically unfeasible for cookies to retrieve personal information from your computer.
What can cookies be used for?
While cookies themselves are designed to be harmless and cannot directly access personal information on your computer, they can become a tool in certain scenarios. Here's howone might "misuse"
cookies:1. Cookies, especially third-party cookies, can track a user's browsing history across multiple sites. This data can be used to build a profile of the user's interests, habits, and behaviors. Malicious actors might use this information for purposes like phishing.
2. If a cookie contains sensitive session information and is not properly secured, it can be intercepted by a hacker. This is particularly risky on unencrypted connections. The attacker could use this session cookie to impersonate the user on a website, gaining unauthorized access to their accounts.
3. If a website is vulnerable to XSS attacks, an attacker can inject malicious scripts that can be executed in the context of the user's session. These scripts can hijack cookies and send them to the attacker, who can then use them to impersonate the user.
4. Cookie poisoning involves altering the contents of a cookie before it is sent back to the server. If an attacker can manipulate cookies to contain false information, it can lead to unauthorized access to user accounts or data.
5. Phishers might use cookies to track the success of phishing campaigns. By embedding cookies in phishing emails or websites, they can gather information about who has interacted with their content.
Thank you for reading and stay tuned for more hot loads of knowedge shot deep inside you
