1. A cookie is the digital information that a Web site puts on your local computer's hard disk so that it can remember something about you at a later time. Cookie is a two edged sword as it allows the frequently visited website to be able to provide you the same level of service and highly customisable service level but at the same time, it may leave room for security breach.
2. Cookies can be security risk because it leaves a trace of details of previous internet transactional details and could be cookie-jacked by intenders. (McWilliams, 2002) has suggested that the regular hotmail visits are already very risky as the cookies used by Hotmail kept sensitive data including the passwords.
Reference:
1. McWilliams. B (2002) Hotmail at risk to cookies thieves. Retrieved on 10 May 2009 at http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2002/04/52115
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