Daily Learning - Day 19

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Date: 16th February 2017

 Below are the topics i learnt today..

 Topic 1: Read about Yahoo's Another Security Breach 
This week, Yahoo sent another wave of emails to users warning their accounts may have been breached as recently as last year. A flaw in Yahoo's mail service could have allowed a hacker to use a forged "cookie" created by software stolen from within Yahoo's systems to access accounts without a password.

Read  more:  http://www.wired.co.uk/article/yahoo-verizon-deal
Topic 2: Fiddler Exercise on Composer Tab

 Using Fiddler Composer Option to Drag and Drop the session from view panel 



  • Delete the Cookie and Execute the POST Method
-- Test:  Whether you can still access application or not.
Expected: It should send 302 Error and Session Expiry.
  • Copy the Cookie 1 to the Cookie 2 and Execute the GET Method
-- Test: whether you can still access application or not.
Expected: It should session expire and application should not be accessed via Cookie 1.
Location: Mysuru, Karnataka 570001, India

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