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A Survey on Detection Tools and Prevention Techniques for Session Hijacking Attack

Author(s):

D.Madhavi , V.R.Siddhartha Engineering College

Keywords:

Session hijacking attack, session hijacking detection tools, session hijacking prevention

Abstract

Session Hijacking is the process of accessing the session by stealing session ID or Cookies. In session hijacking attack, unauthorized person can impersonate one of the sessions of a victim and takes control over it like a legitimate user. It is a one of the most dangerous attack performed on transactions done over a network like E-commerce, which handles the confidential or sensitive information over a web. There is no other way to avoid this attack, unless until first need to detect and then prevent it. This paper examines the closer look at the detection tools and prevention techniques that are used to prevent the session hijacking attack.

Other Details

Paper ID: IJSRDV2I12053
Published in: Volume : 2, Issue : 12
Publication Date: 01/03/2015
Page(s): 63-66

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