How to Hack Facebook Account using Firesheep

In this post, I will explain how you can hack a Facebook/twitter accounts by stealing cookies. This method works only when the victims computer is in a LAN (local area network ).Best place to try out this is in schools ,collages ,cafes . where computers are connected in LAN .Before i proceed let me first explain “cookies “

What Are Cookies ? And What Is The Use Of Stealing Cookies ?

Cookies are small files that stored on users computer by websites when a user visits them. The stored Cookies are used by the web server to identify and authenticate  the user .For example when a user logins in Facebook a unique string is generated and one copy of it  is saved on the server and other is saved on the users browser as Cookies. Both are matched every time the user does any thing in his account So if we steal the victims cookie and inject them  in our browser we will be able to imitate the victims identity to the web server and thus we will be able to login is his account . This is called as Side jacking .The best thing about this is that  we need not no the victims id or password all we need is the victims cookie.

What is Fire Sheep?

Fire sheep is an extension developed by Eric Butler for the Firefox web browser. The extension uses a packet sniffer to intercept unencrypted cookies from certain websites (such as Facebook and Twitter) as the cookies are transmitted over networks, exploiting session hijacking vulnerabilities. It shows the discovered identities on a sidebar displayed in the browser, and allows the user to instantly take on the log-in credentials of the user by double-clicking on the victim’s name

Hack Facebook / Twitter accounts  using Fire Sheep
Thing we Need :
1. Firefox Browser
2. Fire sheep Firefox plugin 
Procedure :

1. First Download and install Firefox browser and Fire sheep add on
2. Open Firefox , Now click the (1) view button then select (2) side bar finally click(3) fire sheep or simply press ( ctrl + shift +s ) to open fire sheep

3. Now you can see fire sheep has opened up in the side bar Now select your interface by
going to preferences

4. Now click  on start capture button and wait for a while ,

5. Now you can see different pre- authenticated  sessions on the  side bar select the session which you want

6. Now you will be automatically logged in the victims account . You can use this tool to hack Facebook/Twitter accounts

This Hack works only  when computers are in a LAN or WiFi