Session hijacking is one of the most overlooked yet effective techniques cybercriminals use to bypass authentication entirely. By stealing or manipulating session tokens, attackers can impersonate logged-in users and gain full access to private accounts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unlike brute-force logins or malware, this method leaves no broken passwords behind, only a quiet breach that appears as normal activity. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A 2024 report by Imperva identifies session hijacking as a leading tactic in web application attacks, often carried out through cross-site scripting (XSS) or man-in-the-middle (MITM) vulnerabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This article explains how session hijacking works, the tactics employed, and the steps both users and developers can take to defend against it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n