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Protecting Your Self

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Protecting Your Self    If you are working in a Linux system, donot work as a root user, especially when trying with new stuffs. Else you may have to compromise your entire system. You can switch to your root user when you know what you are doing. Beware of the fact that, even if you are running the application as a non-root user, the trojan can still works and get the user files/ keylogs etc. So as a general advice, I might say, never download untrusted contents especially from IRC, IM, small sites. torrents, warez etc. Windows is an entirely different platform. If you are limiting yourself without the administrative privilages in windows, it will be pretty hard to keep on working, while in Linux, working as a non-root user and switching to a root user is pretty easy. As I discussed in my previous tutorials, the Windows is the most targetted Operating System because of its popularity and lack of strong security m...

Types of Hackers

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Who is a Hacker? Types of Hackers A Hacker is a person who finds and exploits the weakness in computer systems and/or networks to gain access. Hackers are usually skilled computer programmers with knowledge of computer security. Hackers are classified according to the intent of their actions. The following list classifies hackers according to their intent. Symbol Description Ethical Hacker (White hat): A hacker who gains access to systems with a view to fix the identified weaknesses. They may also perform penetration Testing and vulnerability assessments. Cracker (Black hat): A hacker who gains unauthorized access to computer systems for personal gain. The intent is usually to steal corporate data, violate privacy rights, transfer funds from bank accounts etc. Grey hat: A hacker who is in between ethical and black hat hackers. He/she breaks into computer systems without authority with a view to identify weaknesses and reveal them to the system owne...

Basic Config &Tools

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Basic Config &Tools    Ok. Now we're going to have some discussions about the basic configs and security checks you should take so that you can be safe in your hacking deeds. Well, the cyber-world is no way dissimilar to the actual world, where lots of crimes are committed everyday, and ofcourse you don't want to be targetted by some dull skids, and also, you may never need cops outside your door if ever you did something dull, out of curiosity.  What is the "Limit" of your Machine? First of all, as everything we start, here also we must know what is the "limit" or capacity of your computer. You need to know the basic specifications of your computer like: The memory size of the RAM and the HDDThe speed of your processorHow extreme your graphics card can go, etc Now you will be more aware of the limitations of your system as you have completed a background check of your ma...

Hackers Dictionary

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Hackers Dictionary    R.A.T :-> Remote Administration Tool    DrDoS :-> Distributed Reflected Denial of Service Attack, uses a list of reflection servers or other methods such as DNS to spoof an attack to look like it's coming from multiple ips. Amplification of power in the attack COULD occur.   VPS :-> Virtual Private Server SE :-> Social Engineering HTTP :-> Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. The foundation of data communication for the World Wide Web. SSH :-> Secure Shell, used to connect to Virtual Private Servers. FTP :-> File Transfer Protocol. Used for transferring files over an FTP server. XSS (CSS) :-> Cross Site Scripting Malware :-> Malicious Software Skid :-> Script Kid/Script Kiddie DDoS :-> Distributed Denial of Service VPN :-> Virtual Private Network Nix :-> Unix based operating system, usually refered to here when refering to DoS'ing. SQL :-> S...

10 Way Used by Hackers to hack Facebook account

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10 Way Used by Hackers to hack Facebook account    I will show number of ways to Hack Facebook Account that all hackers usually use to hack Facebook Account. So beware from hackers and protect your facebook account from hackers. Our site provides only security tips to protect your facebook account from hackers . We sharing only these methods because if you know how to hack you must know how to secure. Must read carefully all these methods, beware from all attacks, and protect your facebook account from hackers. Note :- This post is only for security purpose don't try any illigal activity and i'm just shared these methods because protect our facebook account from these types of hacking attacks. Mostly Hackers use these methods to hack facebook account, So protect yourself from hackers. Must Read this post, and beware from hackers.                   1. Hack Facebook Account Password By Phishing:...

zip Bomb

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Introduced to zip Bomb      This post is about zip bomb and it's working. You will also get a gist of how petabytes of files are converted into smaller files of kilo or mega bytes. Now I will take you through some things that will really intrigue you. Let's get started straight away.   What's zip bomb?     A zip bomb also known as zip of death or decompression bomb, is a malicious archive file designed to crash or render useless the program or system reading it. It is open employed to disable antivirus software in order to crate opening for traditional types of viruses.   Rather than highjacking the normal operation of a program, the zip bomb allows a program to work as intended, the archive is carefully crafted so that unpacking it i.e if an antivirus scans the zip file for viruses, will require inordinate amount of time, disk space or memory.   But as everything it has certain limitations ofcourse. This zip fil...

USB Stealer

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USB Stealer education purpose only... Windows allows the storage of the passwords, as do modern browsers. While this feature is convenient for users, it has imposed itself as a big security risk among organizations. We know that browsers store most passwords on daily basis, like MSN messenger, Yahoo, Facebook passwords, etc. Most people lack time and ask their browsers to save their passwords. As we know, there are many tools available to recover saved passwords, so in this article I will explain to you how to make aUSB passwordstealer and steal saved passwords. Just to explain the concept, we are going to collect some password stealing tools, tools that are freely available on the internet and capable of stealing the passwords stored in the browsers or other windows files. Then, we create a batch program that will execute these combined programs and store the stolen usernames and passwords in a text file. To further spice up the penetration testing dem...