Firesheep is a new Firefox plug-in that lets a user gain access to other user accounts, see pages they shouldn t access and in many cases, post as the account owner. Attacks are so easy to use that any kid can execute them. Protecting your privacy and security just isn’t as interesting or as easy or as fun as spying, says nCircle’s Andrew Storms. The reality is that it s so much easier now for anyone to breach your privacy.
Source: https://threatpost.com/pwning-just-keeps-getting-more-fun-102610/74606/