Study uses active 'cookies' to thwart identity theft, domain poisoning

The School of Informatics and RSA Laboratories researchers have developed a system that will allow computer users to better resist Internet attacks such as identity theft. Browser cookies, which contain Web identification information that can easily be stolen, were the focus of the study. New active cookies will require more information to make a more secure transaction online than old cookies did. They will block access to domain names, which, if obtained by a third party, can provide it with access to personal identifying information.