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Ethical Hacking - Session Hijacking

Name: Ethical Hacking - Session Hijacking
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Ethical Hacking – Session Hijacking explores one of the most dangerous and widely exploited attack techniques used to impersonate legitimate users without knowing their credentials. Session hijacking allows attackers to take over active sessions by stealing or manipulating session identifiers...

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Ethical Hacking

Videos: 43

Time: 3 hours

Level: Beginner

Enrolled: 13563 Students

Lectures: 43

Language: English

Certificate: Yes

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Ethical Hacking – Session Hijacking explores one of the most dangerous and widely exploited attack techniques used to impersonate legitimate users without knowing their credentials. Session hijacking allows attackers to take over active sessions by stealing or manipulating session identifiers such as cookies, tokens, or session IDs.

This course explains how sessions work, how attackers break them, and—most importantly—how organizations can defend against these attacks.

What You’ll Learn

How session management works in modern systems
Why session hijacking is more powerful than password attacks
Common web, network, and client-side session hijacking techniques
Tools and automation used by attackers
Effective countermeasures to prevent session takeover

Course Modules

1. Understanding Session Hijacking

What a session is and why it exists
Session IDs, cookies, tokens, and authentication states
Difference between authentication and authorization
Why sessions are a prime attack target

2. Session Persistence in Web Applications

How web applications maintain user sessions
Cookies, JWTs, and server-side session storage
Session timeout and renewal mechanisms
Common session management weaknesses

3. Hijacking Sessions in Web Applications

Cookie theft and manipulation
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) and session hijacking
Session fixation attacks
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) impact on sessions

4. Network and Client-Level Session Hijacking

Sniffing session traffic on unsecured networks
Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) session hijacking
ARP poisoning and rogue access points
Client-side malware and browser exploitation

5. Mitigating the Risk of Session Hijacking

Secure cookie attributes (HttpOnly, Secure, SameSite)
Enforcing HTTPS and TLS
Session rotation and expiration strategies
Multi-factor authentication (MFA)
Defensive monitoring and anomaly detection

6. Automating Session Hijack Attacks

Why attackers automate session hijacking
Using tools and scripts to capture sessions
Browser exploitation frameworks
Understanding automation risks and detection

Who This Course Is For

Ethical hacking and penetration testing students
Web application security testers
Cybersecurity professionals and SOC analysts
Developers wanting to secure session management

Why Session Hijacking Matters

Session hijacking bypasses login mechanisms entirely. An attacker doesn’t need your password—only your session.

Once a session is compromised, attackers can:

Impersonate users
Steal sensitive data
Perform unauthorized actions
Escalate privileges inside applications

Understanding session hijacking is essential for both attackers and defenders in modern cybersecurity.

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