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Facebook Camera App Vulnerable to Man in The Middle Attack

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Egypt-based security researcher reported that Facebook Camera App for
mobiles are Vulnerable to Man in The Middle Attack, that allow an
attacker to tap the network and hijack Camera users accounts and
information like email addresses and passwords can be stolen.

Mohamed Ramadan trainer with Attack-Secure, who previously reported us
about similar vulnerability in Etsy app for iPhone

Mohamed explains "The problem is that the app accepts any SSL
certification from any source, even evil SSL certifications, and this
enables any attacker to perform man in the middle attacks against
anyone who uses the Facebook Camera app for IPhone. This means that
the application doesn’t warn the user if someone in the same (Wi-Fi
network) is trying to hijack his or her Facebook account."

Facebook suggest users to upgrade the Camera application To Version
1.1.2.


read more.....http://thehackernews.com/2012/12/facebook-camera-app-vulnerable-to-man.html

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