A new Android application has been created that enables users to easily hijack user accounts on either Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter over Wi-Fi networks, similar to the Firesheep Firefox extension.

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Remember Firesheep? Well, the cookie snatching Firefox extension now has a more portable cousin called FaceNiff. This Android app listens in on WiFi networks (even ones encrypted with WEP, WPA, or ...

In October 2010, a small application called Firesheep had Internet users quivering in fear that their social accounts could be hacked instantly, with a small Firefox extension able to hijack Facebook, ...

FaceNiff is an Android application that, much like the Firefox add-on Firesheep, can hijack unencrypted Facebook, Twitter, and even Amazon credentials from other users on the same Wi-Fi network.

A new Android application allows its users to sniff out and hijack unencrypted Facebook, Twitter and Amazon accounts over Wi-Fi networks. FaceNiff, an app created by Polish developer Bartosz ...

Someone who happens to be connected to the same Wi-Fi network as you could hack your Facebook or Twitter accounts in seconds — just by downloading an Android app and tapping a button. Subscribe to ...