The Flood *Spreading Methods* Amazing Methods!

Method 1: YouTube Spreading
1. The things you will need in this method are a YouTube Account and a File Sharing Account.

2. Basically what you are going to be doing is record yourself using a program, attracting the user to download and execute the program.(The program will be binded with your stub)

3. So you will obviously need DarkComet or some other programs involving stubs. Bind your stub with the program that you are "advertising" or using in the video that you made with YouTube.

4. When your file is uploaded, you can post the link in the description and simply label it "Download Link" like this:

5. Make sure the site that you upload your file on doesnt have any surveys, this will turn off people from downloading your binded file.


Method 2 : VB Project + YouTube Spreading
1. The things you will need for this method are Visual Basic or Studio, a YouTube Account, and a File Sharing site.

2. This method is basically making a simple program(doesnt have to be simple) and binding it with your stub.

3. Things you could make are... a pinger with 1000's of packets(to lag people) a game launcher, an alarm clock, a website pinger(to snatch website ip's) and much more.(the booter/pinger will be very popular)

4. You are going to want to make a video of you using your program, then uploading to YouTube. You will bind your stub with the made program and upload it to a File Sharing Site.

 5. Some methods to spread your video and your download link are posting on pastebin, go on YouLikeHits and you can get your video many likes and views. Also, you can get subscribers. Last, you can post your programs on forums, there are many people looking for these little tools. You can learn how to make these tools on YouTube and Google.


Method 3: E-Whoring
1. E-Whoring is when you act like a girl, and get someone to download your infected file. This is a great method if you want this specific type of slaves; weirdos and desperate people.

2. Some sites you can E-Whore on are... Omegle, ChatRoulette, any chat room site, and forums. Theses sites and web "places" are the most popular places to E-Whore, and the most promising.

3. If you are going to E-Whore, you are going to have to act cute. I know this sounds pretty queer but whatever it takes to get bots and slaves.Some ways to E-Whore are to say that you have a picture of you, have a video of you, and or a slideshow of you. To do this, you will probably need an extension spoofer which you can find on HackForums, the search bar is your friend . Also, you must be patient and very persuasive in the process.

How long would it take to brute force 256 bit AES passwords

The issue with AES-256 isn't in brute forcing strong passwords.  If you password is strong (not on any dictionary, longer than 8 char, mixed symbols, uses a large random salt) it can't be bruted forced at any reasonable cost.  If it is 12+ char includes all 4 symbol classes or simply is a random string it can't be brute forced at any cost.

The issue with AES-256 is it is a very faster cipher.  For weak (or marginal) passwords it can be bruted forced.  How complex of a password is vulnerable depends on the resources available to the attacker and how long they are willing to to wait.

So if we consider a weak password to be one that (at least in theory) could be compromised by a dictionary, modified dictionary, or brute force attack using a computing on the magnitude available:
1) anything found in a standard dictionary or leaked/common password list (various lists usually in the tens of millions of pwd range).
2) anything with less than 8 characters.
3) anything all lower case with less than 10 characters.
4) anything not encrypted using 64bit or larger salt.
5) anything which has less than 3 substitutions from something listed above (p@ssword! vs password)

The reality is end users likely don't know if their password is strong or not. So developers should prevent users from hurting themselves.  As a developer you can implement a large salt and could require a minimum of 8 characters (don't impose special char requirements).  At that point brute force and precomputation are off the table; so the largest risk comes from dictionary or modified dictionary attacks.  There are lists of millions of previously compromised passwords.  If the password used is on one of those lists it can be found in a matter of minutes.  If you are paranoid about your user's security you could check their password against a list of known compromised passwords.  An alternative would be for someone to develop a webservice which took a hash (HMAC) or all known/weak/compromised passwords.  Users could send a HMAC hash of their potential password and get a "known" or "good" response.

One further step you could take is key stretching using a key derivative function. The bitcoin wallet does this.  Rather than simply use the passphrase it takes multiple iterative hashes of the password (generally thousands of tens of thousands).   So instead of key = passphrase it is key = SHA256(SHA256(SHA256(passphrase))). This increases the length of time necessary to try one key and thus reduces the throughput of the attacker.   Understand that if user's password is very weak (under 6 char or on a dictionary list) this is unlikely to help because even 2000x a 1 sec search is unlikely to stop an attacker.

The key stretching function (hash) used by the wallet is SHA-256 which is well optimized due to this thing called mining.  Security could be enhanced by replacing the key strengthening function with another one (say bcrypt of even PBKDF2 using SHA-512 or RIPEMD).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_derivation_function
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_stretching
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PBKDF2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bcrypt

TL/DR:
It depends. Using a combination of:
a) require at least 8 digits (makes brute force prohibitively expensive)
b) use a large (64bit+) random salt (prevents precomputation attacks)
c) check password against known/compromised password list that hackers are likely to be using (prevent quick dictionary based attacks)
d) use key strengthening (reduces the attackers throughput by a couple orders of magnitude).
e) use an algorithm other than SHA-256 in the KDF to prevent "re-use" or mining research

Shutdown/restart computer using command prompt(cmd) part-6

Shutdown/restart computer using command prompt(cmd) part-6

Access Folder and Setting Using Command Prompt (part-5)

Access Folder and Setting Using Command Prompt (part-5)

How to see command prompt History (part 4)

How to see command prompt History (part 4)

How to Find IP Address using command prompt (part-3)

How to Find IP Address using command prompt (part-3)

How to Open Command Promt/cmd In a Folder Directly (part 2)

How to Open Command Promt/cmd In a Folder Directly (part 2)

How to Change Color of Command Prompt/cmd (part 1) video tutorial

Command Prompt For Beginners
How to Change Color of Command Prompt/cmd (part 1)  video tutorial
 

where to begin with hacking ? [how-to]

"where to begin with hacking".
So here is my opinion about how they should get around starting.

There are three types of hackers:

White Hats:

The White Hat hacker has dedicated himself to fight malware and help others with their computer problems. He is a person you can trust, and he will most likely end up in a good paying job as a computer programmer or a security consultant. He will most certainly not end up in jail.

Grey Hats:

The Grey Hat hacker are in between white Hats and Black Hats. He will most likely commit pranks at people that he thinks is harmless, but it can also be illegal. He can at one time be helpful and help you with a computer problem, but at the same time infect you with his own virus. There is a chance that the grey hat will end up in prison.

Black Hats:

The Black hat hacker also known as a cracker is the one who deface websites, steal private information and such illegal activity. It is very time consuming to become a black hat. It can be very hard for them to get a job because of the illegal activity. If law enforcements gets you, you can expect jail time.

So where to start?

You should know the answer to these questions before you start your hacking career.


Which type of hacker do you want to be (white hat, grey hat or black hat)?
Which type of hacking do you want to work with (website hacking, system exploits, pen testing etc.)?
What is your end-goal?

You should meet these requirements to become a successful hacker.

You shall be patient.
You shall dedicate a lot of time to hacking. You will never stop learning, since hacking is a lifestyle.
You should have a computer (I expect you to have one since you are reading this).
You shall be interested in how the different computer systems works, and how to control them.


Now that you have an idea of what kind of hacker, you want to be we will look closer into the different topics you can work with as a hacker.


Website Hacking:

You properly already guessed it, but website hacking is about hacking websites. You use your skills to find exploits and vulnerabilities in websites and web applications. Almost all major hacking stories in the news are about websites and databases that have been hacked. Once you have enough experience in website security you will be amazed about how easy it is to find vulnerabilities in websites. However, it will take a lot of effort and time to reach that level of skills. You will need to know a large amount of server-side languages and website construction languages like PHP, HTML, JavaScript, SQL, ASP, ASP.NET and Perl. This was just some of the languages you should know about. I will recommend you to take JavaScript, SQL and PHP very serious since it is in those languages you will find the most vulnerabilities.


Pen testing and Forensics:

Pen testing and forensics can earn you big money. It is these guys the company’s call when they have been hacked. They are experts in operating systems, wireless connections and exploiting computers. This way will take A LOT of time and effort since there is so much you should know about. You shall know about how the different operating systems works, which exploit there is to them, how to exploit them, routers, encryption, malware etc. the list is almost endless.


Code exploiting:

Not many people know about this. This will require you to be a complete expert at programming. You shall be at least as good at these programming languages as your main language like English. This kind of hacking is taking a lot of time, and will require you to be patient. Do not get me wrong, every company that releases software like Symantec, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, and Oracle have hackers with these skills employed to check their software for vulnerabilities. Sadly, they cannot find every security hole and therefore some very smart black hat hackers are able to find them, and exploit them before the companies get the vulnerability patched. You should know the most popular languages like C++, Java and C etc.

Computer security:

The work these people do looks a lot like the pentesters. These people is able to detect and analyze new viruses and malware. They are working for companies like Symantec, KasperSky and Avira etc. Some of them are also working on labs that tests AV’s and new viruses. They are experts in how viruses works and how they infect systems.

You should now have an idea on where to start and in which direction you want to go. If you found any errors or typos feel free to contact me, and I will look into it. I will be updating this thread recently and add more details. I will soon add a dictionary, which explains the most basic hacking terms. I have putted a lot of effort in this tutorial and my goal with this tutorial is to give computer-interested people an idea of where they should start.

To the so-called “noobs”, who reads this:

I hope I have inspired you to begin at hacking. I hope that I have cleared things up a little bit, so it does not seem so messy anymore. If you have any questions or something you did not understand, I would gladly explain it to you again. Welcome to the hacker’s world, a new world will open up for you and you will never regret that you chose to become a hacker.

Nmap (Network Mapper) - introduction

Nmap ("Network Mapper") is a free and open source (license) utility for network exploration or security auditing. Many systems and network administrators also find it useful for tasks such as network inventory, managing service upgrade schedules, and monitoring host or service uptime. 

Nmap uses raw IP packets in novel ways to determine what hosts are available on the network, what services (application name and version) those hosts are offering, what operating systems (and OS versions) they are running, what type of packet filters/firewalls are in use, and dozens of other characteristics. 

It was designed to rapidly scan large networks, but works fine against single hosts. Nmap runs on all major computer operating systems, and official binary packages are avalable for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. In addition to the classic command-line Nmap executable, the Nmap suite includes an advanced GUI and results viewer (Zenmap), a flexible data transfer, redirection, and debugging tool (Ncat), and a utility for comparing scan results (Ndiff).

Nmap is ...

* Flexible: Supports dozens of advanced techniques for mapping out networks filled with IP filters, firewalls, routers, and other obstacles. This includes many port scanning mechanisms (both TCP & UDP), OS 

detection, version detection, ping sweeps, and more.
 
* Powerful: Nmap has been used to scan huge networks of literally hundreds of thousands of machines.
 
* Portable: Most operating systems are supported, including Linux, Microsoft Windows, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, IRIX, Mac OS X, HP-UX, NetBSD, Sun OS, Amiga, and more.
 
* Easy: While Nmap offers a rich set of advanced features for power users, you can start out as simply as "nmap -v -A targethost". Both traditional command line and graphical (GUI) versions are available to suit your preference. Binaries are available for those who do not wish to compile Nmap from source.
 
* Free: The primary goals of the Nmap Project is to help make the Internet a little more secure and to provide administrators/auditors/hackers with an advanced tool for exploring their networks. Nmap is available for free download, and also comes with full source code that you may modify and redistribute under the terms of the license.
 
* Well Documented: Significant effort has been put into comprehensive and up-to-date man pages, whitepapers, tutorials, and even a whole book!
 
* Supported: While Nmap comes with no warranty, it is well supported by a vibrant community of developers and users. Most of this interaction occurs on the Nmap mailing lists. Most bug reports and questions should be sent to the nmap-dev list, but only after you read the guidelines. We recommend that all users subscribe to the low-traffic nmap-hackers announcement list. You can also find Nmap on Facebook and Twitter. For real-time chat, join the #nmap channel on Freenode or EFNet.
 
* Acclaimed: Nmap has won numerous awards, including "Information Security Product of the Year" by Linux Journal, Info World and Codetalker Digest. It has been featured in hundreds of magazine articles, several movies, dozens of books, and one comic book series.
 
* Popular: Thousands of people download Nmap every day, and it is included with many operating systems (Redhat Linux, Debian Linux, Gentoo, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, etc). It is among the top ten (out of 30,000) programs at the Freshmeat.Net repository. This is important because it lends Nmap its vibrant development and user support communities.

Installing nMap:
http://nmap.org/book/install.html

Changelog:
http://nmap.org/changelog.html

How To Use:
http://nmap.org/book/man.html

Download
http://nmap.org/download.html

SSH Tunneling Explained

Recently I wanted to set up a remote desktop sharing session from home pc to my laptop. While going through the set up guide I came across ssh tunneling. Even though there are many articles on the subject still it took me a considerable amount of googling, some experimenting and couple of Wireshark sessions to grasp what’s going under the hood. Most of the guides were incomplete in terms of explaining the concept which left me desiring for a good article on the subject with some explanatory illustrations. So I decided to write it my self. So here goes…

Introduction

A SSH tunnel consists of an encrypted tunnel created through a SSH protocol
connection. A SSH tunnel can be used to transfer unencrypted traffic over a
network through an encrypted channel. For example we can use a ssh tunnel to
securely transfer files between a FTP server and a client even though the FTP
protocol itself is not encrypted. SSH tunnels also provide a means to bypass firewalls that prohibits or filter certain internet services. For example an organization will block certain sites using their proxy filter. But users may not wish to have their web traffic
monitored or blocked by the organization proxy filter. If users can connect to
an external SSH server, they can create a SSH tunnel to forward a given port on
their local machine to port 80 on remote web-server via the external SSH
server. I will describe this scenario in detail in a little while.

To set up a SSH tunnel a given port of one machine needs to be forwarded (of
which I am going to talk about in a little while) to a port in the other
machine which will be the other end of the tunnel. Once the SSH tunnel has been
established, the user can connect to earlier specified port at first machine to
access the network service.

Port Forwarding

SSH tunnels can be created in several ways using different kinds of port forwarding
mechanisms. Ports can be forwarded in three ways.

1. Local port forwarding
2. Remote port forwarding
3. Dynamic port forwarding

I didn’t explain what port forwarding is. I found Wikipedia’s definition more explanatory.

Port forwarding or port mapping is a name given to the combined technique of

1. translating the address and/or port number of a packet to a new destination
2. possibly accepting such packet(s) in a packet filter(firewall)
3. forwarding the packet according to the routing table.

Here the first technique will be used in creating an SSH tunnel. When a client application connects to the local port (local endpoint) of the SSH tunnel and transfer data these data will be forwarded to the remote end by translating the host and port values to that of the remote end of the channel.

So with that let’s see how SSH tunnels can be created using forwarded ports with an examples.

Tunnelling with Local port forwarding

Let’s say that yahoo.com is being blocked using a proxy filter in the University.
(For the sake of this example. :d   . Cannot think any valid reason why yahoo would be blocked). A SSH tunnel can be used to bypass this restriction. Let’s name my machine at the university as ‘work’ and my home machine as ‘home’. ‘home’ needs to have a public IP for this to work. And I am running a SSH server on my home machine. Following diagram illustrates the scenario.

 

To create the SSH tunnel execute following from ‘work’ machine.

ssh -L 9001:yahoo.com:80 home

The ‘L’ switch indicates that a local port forward is need to be created. The switch syntax is as follows.

-L <local-port-to-listen>:<remote-host>:<remote-port>

Now the SSH client at ‘work’ will connect to SSH server running at ‘home’ (usually running at port 22) binding port 9001 of ‘work’ to listen for local requests thus creating a SSH tunnel between ‘home’ and ’work’. At the ‘home’ end it will create a connection to ‘yahoo.com’ at port 80. So ‘work’ doesn’t need to know how to connect to yahoo.com. Only ‘home’ needs to worry about that. The channel between ‘work’ and ‘home’ will be encrypted while the connection between ‘home’ and ‘yahoo.com’ will be unencrypted.

Now it is possible to browse yahoo.com by visiting http://localhost:9001 in the web browser at ‘work’ computer. The ‘home’ computer will act as a gateway which would accept requests from ‘work’ machine and fetch data and tunnelling it back. So the syntax of the full command would be as follows.

ssh -L <local-port-to-listen>:<remote-host>:<remote-port> <gateway>

The image below describes the scenario.

Here the ‘host’ to ‘yahoo.com’ connection is only made when browser makes the
request not at the tunnel setup time.

It is also possible to specify a port in the ‘home’ computer itself instead of
connecting to an external host. This is useful if I were to set up a VNC session
between ‘work’ and ‘home’. Then the command line would be as follows.

ssh -L 5900:localhost:5900 home (Executed from 'work')

So here what does localhost refer to? Is it the ‘work’ since the command line is executed from ‘work’? Turns out that it is not. As explained earlier is relative to the gateway (‘home’ in this case) , not the machine from where the tunnel is initiated. So this will make a connection to port 5900 of the ‘home’ computer where the VNC client would be listening in.

The created tunnel can be used to transfer all kinds of data not limited to web browsing sessions. We can also tunnel SSH sessions from this as well. Let’s assume there is another computer (‘banned’) to which we need to SSH from within University but the SSH access is being blocked. It is possible to tunnel a SSH session to this host using a local port forward. The setup would look like this.

As can be seen now the transferred data between ‘work’ and ‘banned’ are encrypted end to end. For this we need to create a local port forward as follows.

ssh -L 9001:banned:22 home

Now we need to create a SSH session to local port 9001 from where the session
will get tunneled to ‘banned’ via ‘home’ computer.

ssh -p 9001 localhost

With that let’s move on to next type of SSH tunnelling method, reverse tunnelling.

Reverse Tunnelling with remote port forwarding

Let’s say it is required to connect to an internal university website from home.
The university firewall is blocking all incoming traffic. How can we connect from ‘home’ to internal network so that we can browse the internal site? A VPN setup is a good candidate here. However for this example let’s assume we don’t have this facility. Enter SSH reverse tunnelling..

As in the earlier case we will initiate the tunnel from ‘work’ computer behind the firewall. This is possible since only incoming traffic is blocking and outgoing traffic is allowed. However instead of the earlier case the client will now be at the ‘home’ computer. Instead of -L option we now define -R which specifies
a reverse tunnel need to be created.

ssh -R 9001:intra-site.com:80 home (Executed from 'work')

Once executed the SSH client at ‘work’ will connect to SSH server running at home creating a SSH channel. Then the server will bind port 9001 on ‘home’ machine to listen for incoming requests which would subsequently be routed through the created SSH channel between ‘home’ and ‘work’. Now it’s possible to browse the internal site

by visiting http://localhost:9001 in ‘home’ web browser. The ‘work’ will then create a connection to intra-site and relay back the response to ‘home’ via the created SSH channel.

As nice all of these would be still you need to create another tunnel if you need to connect to another site in both cases. Wouldn’t it be nice if it is possible to proxy traffic to any site using the SSH channel created? That’s what dynamic port forwarding is all about.

Dynamic Port Forwarding

Dynamic port forwarding allows to configure one local port for tunnelling data to all remote destinations. However to utilize this the client application connecting to local port should send their traffic using the SOCKS protocol. At the client side of the tunnel a SOCKS proxy would be created and the application (eg. browser) uses the SOCKS protocol to specify where the traffic should be sent when it leaves the other end of the ssh tunnel.

ssh -D 9001 home (Executed from 'work')

Here SSH will create a SOCKS proxy listening in for connections at local port
9001 and upon receiving a request would route the traffic via SSH channel
created between ‘work’ and ‘home’. For this it is required to configure the
browser to point to the SOCKS proxy at port 9001 at localhost.

thats all hope you enjoy this tutorial   :>)   

DNS poisoning - EXPLANATION | hacking trick

DNS poisoning is a technique that tricks a DNS
server into believing that is has received authentic
inforamtion when, in reality, it has not. It results in
substitution of a false Ineternet provider address at
the domain name service level where web addresses
are converted into numeric internet provider
addresses. It allows attacker to replace IP address
DNS entries for a target site on a given DNS server
with IP addresses of the server he/she controls.
Attacker can create fake DNS entries for files with
same names as that of target server.
The DNS provides a way for computers to translate
the domain names we see to the physical IPs they
represent. When you load a webpage, your browser
will ask its DNS server for the IP of the host you
requested, and the server will respond. Your browser
will then request the webpage from the server with
the IP address that the DNS server supplied.
To launch a DNS poisoning attack, follow these
steps:
+ set up a fake website on your computer
+ Install treewalk and modify the file mentioned in
the readme.txt to your IP address. Treewalk will
make you the DNS server.+ Modify the file dns-spoofing.bat and replace the IP
address with your IP address.
+ Trojanize the dns-spoofing.bat file and send it+ When the host clicks the Trojanned file, it will
replace DNS-entry in her TCP/IP properties to that of
your machine.+ You will become the DNS server and her DNS
requests will go through you
There are four types of DNS poisoning attacks using
which you can compromise the target system:+ Intranet DNS spoofing (local network)
When an attacker performs DNS poisoning on a locl
area network (LAN), it is called intranet DNS
spoofing. An attacker can perform intranet DNS
spoofing attack with the help of the ARP poisoning
technique. THis is usually conducted on a swithced
LAN. To perform this attack, you must be connected
to the LAN and be able to sniff the traffic or packets.
Once the attacker succeds in sniffing the ID of the
DNS request from the intranet, he or she can send a
malicious reply to the sender before the actual DNS
server.+ Internet DNS spoofing (remote network)
Internet DNS poisoning is also known as remote
DNS poisoning. This attack can be performed either
on asingle or multiple victims anywhere in the world.
In order to perform this attack, you need to set up a
rouge DNS server with a static IP address.
Internet DNS spoofing is performed when the
victim's system is connedted to the Internet. It is
done with the help of Trojans. It is one of the MITM
types of attacks, where the attacker changers the
primary DNS entries of the victim's computer. The
attacker replaces the victim's DNS IP address with
the fake IP address that refers t the attacker's
system; thus all traffic will be redirected to the
attacker's machine. Now the aatcker can easily sniff
the victim's confidential information.+ Proxy server DNS poisoning
In the proxy server DNS posoning technique, tha
taattacker changes the proxy server setting of the
victim to that of the attacker. This is done with the
help of a Trojan. This redirects the victim's request
to the attacker's fake website where the attacker can
sniff the confidential information of the victim.+ DNS cache poisoning
The DNS system uses cache memory to hold the
recently resolved domain names. It is populated
with recently used domain names and respective IP
address entries. When the user request comes, the
DNS resolver first checks the DNS cache; if the
domain name that the user requested is found in the
cache, then the resolver sends its respective IP
address quickly. Thus, it redueces the traffic and
time of DNS resolving.
Attacker target this DNS cache and make changes or
add entries to the DNS cache. The attacker replaces
the user-requested IP address with the fake IP
address. Then, after when user requests that domain
name, the DNS resolver checks the entry in the DNS
cache and picks the matched entry. Thus, the victim
is rediirected to the attacker's fake server instead of
the authorized server.
How to defend against DNS spoofing:
Resolve all DNS queries to local DNS servers
Block DNS requests from going to external severs
Implement DNSSEC
Configure the DNS resolver to use a new random
source prot from its available range for each
outgoing query
Configure the firewall to restrict external DNS lookup
Restrict the DNS recuring service, either full or
partial, to authorized users
Use DNS Non-Existent Domain rate limitng
Secure your internal machines
Implement IDS and deploy it correctly
Use static ARP and IP table
Use SSH encryption
Use sniffing detection tools
Do not open suspicious files
Always use trusted proxy sites
Audit your DNS server regularly to remove
vulnerabilities

What is computer hacking? Introduction to Hacking

What is computer hacking? Introduction to Hacking ?

 

What is computer hacking?
In a cyber security world, the person who is able to discover weakness in a system and managed to exploit it to accomplish his goal referred as a Hacker , and the process is referred as Hacking.

Now a days,  People started think that hacking is only hijacking Facebook accounts or defacing websites.  Yes, it is also part of hacking field but it doesn't mean that it is the main part of hacking.

So what is exactly hacking, what should i do to become a hacker?!  Don't worry, you will learn it from Break The Security. The main thing you need to become a hacker is self-interest.  You should always ready to learn something and learn to create something new.


Now , let me explain about different kind of hackers in the cyber security world.

Script Kiddie

Script Kiddies are the persons who use tools , scripts, methods and programs created by real hackers.  In a simple word, the one who doesn't know how a system works but still able to exploit it with previously available tools.

White Hat Hacker:
White Hat hackers are good guys who does the hacking for defensing.  The main aim of a Whitehat hacker is to improve the security of a system by finding security flaws and fixing it.  They work for an organization or individually to make the cyber space more secure.

Break The Security only concentrates on white-hat hacking and help you to learn the Ethical Hacking world.

Black Hat Hacker:
BlackHat hackers are bad guys , cyber criminals , who have malicious intent.  The hackers who steal money, infect systems with malware ,etc are referred as BlackHat hackers.  They use their hacking skills for illegal purposes.

GreyHat hackers:

The hackers who may work offensively or defensively, depending on the situation. Hackers who don't have malicious intentions but still like to break into third-party system for fun or just for showing the existence of vulnerability.

Hacktivists
The hackers who use their hacking skills for protesting against injustice and attack a target system and websites to bring the justice.  One of the popular hacktivists is Anonymous.

 

Introduction to Social Engineering world

What is Social Engineering?

Social engineering is the act of manipulating people into performing actions or divulging confidential information, rather than by breaking in or using technical cracking techniques.[1] While similar to a confidence trick or simple fraud, the term typically applies to trickery or deception for the purpose of information gathering, fraud, or computer system access; in most cases the attacker never comes face-to-face with the victim.


"Social engineering" as an act of psychological manipulation was popularized by hacker-turned-consultant Kevin Mitnick. The term had previously been associated with the social sciences, but its usage has caught on among computer professionals.
Example 1: You receive an e-mail where the sender and the manager or someone on behalf of the support department of your bank.

In the message he says that the Internet Banking service is presenting a problem and that this problem can be corrected if you run the application attached to this message.

The implementation of this application presents a screen similar the one you use to access bank account, waiting for you to type your password. In fact, this application is prepared to steal your password to access the bank account and sends it to the attacker.



Some Examples
Example 1: You receive an e-mail where the sender and the manager or someone on behalf of the support department of your bank.

In the message he says that the Internet Banking service is presenting a problem and that this problem can be corrected if you run the application attached to this message.

The implementation of this application presents a screen similar the one you use to access bank account, waiting for you to type your password. In fact, this application is prepared to steal your password to access the bank account and sends it to the attacker

Example 2: You receive an e-mail saying that your computer is infected by a virus. The message suggests that you install a tool available on an Internet site, to eliminate the virus from your computer.

The real function of this tool and does not eliminate a virus, but I give someone access to your computer and all data stored on it.

Example 3: a stranger calls your house and says it is the technical support of your ISP.
In this connection he says that his connection to the Internet is presenting a problem and then, ask your password to fix it. If you give your password, this so-called technical can perform a multitude of malicious activities, using your access account
Internet and therefore such activities relating to its name.

Practical Examples:

Retail Paging Systems
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Wal-Mart store phones have clearly marked buttons for the paging system. Wal-Mart is
the exception, not the rule. So how do you get on the paging system to have a little
fun when you're bored out of your mind shopping with your girlfriend? Social
engineering, my whipped friend. Find a phone and dial an extension, preferably the
store op. The key here is to become a harried employee, saying something similar
to..."This is Bill in shoes. What's the paging extension?" More often than not,
you'll get the extension without another word. Now, get some by saying something
sweet over the intercom.

Airport White Courtesy Phones
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Imagine you've already been stripped searched and you're waiting for your delayed
flight. Naturally, you gravitate to a phone. Is it white? Then you've got a free
call right in front of you. Just pick up to get the op. "This is Bill at Southwest,
Gate A5. We're swamped and our phones are tied. Can I get an outside line?" If
the phone does not have DTMF, or the op wants to dial the call for you, do not call
a number related to you.

Hotels
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Hotels hold such promise. Some hotels have voice mail for each room, guests
receiving a PIN when they check in. Hotels also have "guest" phones; phones outside
of rooms that connect only to rooms or the front desk. Pick up a guest phone, make
like a friendly guest and say, "I forgot my PIN. Could I get it again? Room XXX."
Knowing the registered name of the target room helps, for the Hotel and Restaurant
Management Degree Program graduate may ask for it.

Do not follow through with the next social engineering example. Or, like the author,
try it on a friend. Go to the front desk and tell the attendant that you've locked
your key (card) in the laundromat, in your room, lost it, etc. Do not try this with
the attendant that checked you in. And again, do not enter someone's room without
permission.


Calling Technical Support
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So you've found a new-fangled computerized phone and you want to learn more about it.
Do the same thing you do when you have trouble with your AOL - call tech support.
First, do a little planning (after getting the tech support number off of the phone
or the web). Get some info on the phone, like phone number, model number, other
identifying numbers, etc. Also, know the name of the facility in which the phone is
located. Now that you've got some ammo, you're ready to make the call. Posing as an
employee of the facility, call tech support and make up a problem for the phone
you've identified. Act a little dumb and be apologetic, acting like you don't want
to waste their time. All the while, pumping them for information - "I hate to bug
you for this, but <insert problem here>." <You'll get some info from tech support
here.> <Build on what you've learned and curiously ask another question.> And so
on until you reach the point where you can feel that it's time to end the call.
Occasionally acting amazed at their knowledge may be helpful.

Methods of Social Engineering

Phishing
Phishing is a technique of fraudulently obtaining private information. Typically, the phisher sends an e-mail that appears to come from a legitimate business — a bank, or credit card company — requesting "verification" of information and warning of some dire consequence if it is not provided. The e-mail usually contains a link to a fraudulent web page that seems legitimate — with company logos and content — and has a form requesting everything from a home address to an ATM card's PIN.

For example, 2003 saw the proliferation of a phishing scam in which users received e-mails supposedly from eBay claiming that the user's account was about to be suspended unless a link provided was clicked to update a credit card (information that the genuine eBay already had). Because it is relatively simple to make a Web site resemble a legitimate organization's site by mimicking the HTML code, the scam counted on people being tricked into thinking they were being contacted by eBay and subsequently, were going to eBay's site to update their account information. By spamming large groups of people, the "phisher" counted on the e-mail being read by a percentage of people who already had listed credit card numbers with eBay legitimately, who might respond.

Vishing or Phone Phishing:
This technique uses an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) system to recreate a legit sounding copy of a bank or other institution's IVR system. The slave is prompted to call in to the "bank" via a phone number provided in order to "verify" information.

Baiting
Baiting is like the real-world Trojan Horse that uses physical media and relies on the curiosity or greed of the slave. In this attack, the attacker leaves a malware infected floppy disc, CD ROM, or USB flash drive in a location sure to be found, gives it a legitimate looking and curiosity-piquing label, and simply waits for the slave to use the device.

Quid pro quo
Quid pro quo means something for something:

* An attacker calls random numbers at a company claiming to be calling back from technical support. Eventually they will hit someone with a legitimate problem, grateful that someone is calling back to help them. The attacker will "help" solve the problem and in the process have the user type commands that give the attacker access or launch malware.

* In a 2003 information security survey, 90% of office workers gave researchers what they claimed was their password in answer to a survey question in exchange for a cheap pen. Similar surveys in later years obtained similar results using chocolates and other cheap lures, although they made no attempt to validate the passwords.

EASY WEBSITE HACKING FOR BEGINNERS|A Complete Guide

EASY WEBSITE HACKING FOR BEGINNERS |A Complete Guide| :


REMEMBER :

RULE 1. Destruction of anyone's hard work is a shame and nothing to be proud of!!!
RULE 2. All my Tutorials are for Educational Purpose Only and as usual I vehemently refuse to accept any responsibility for its Misuse.
RULE 3. In no way will I accompany you to any correctional facility or help pay the fine Imposed for being stupid enough to get caught in the first place!
RULE 4. REMEMBER to REMEMBER THAT YOU NEED TO USE FIREFOX!!!

STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTION :

* STEP 1. Go to GOOGLE!!!

* STEP 2. TYPE AND SEARCH FOR :

" Powered by EasySiteNetwork /category.php "
(REMEMBER : When you are choosing a site to hack, make sure you dont choose one mentioning about sql injection...)

* STEP 3. APPLYING THE EXPLOIT :
Make sure the url of the site you chose contains category.php somewhere in the link.Now copy the Script given below and starting from category.php highlight the rest of the url and replace it with the given script.

" /category.php?catid=1+union+select+111,222,concat_ws(char(58),login,password,email),444+from+users/* "

HIT Enter and notice the changes to the page.

* STEP 4. INTERPRETING THE RESULT :
The user information will be displayed along this format :
Username: Password: Email

NOTE: Incases having more then one username and password, then most likely the one displayed second is the Admin Account...


* STEP 5. LOGGING INTO THE ADMIN CONTROL PANEL :
In order to login to the Admin Control Panel, Just add the following extension to the original url :

" /siteadmin/index.php "

NOTE: In most cases you'll see the popup for the Admin Control Panel login, but if in few cases it is-int displayed or doesn't work, then just login like any other user would on the home page.


* STEP 6. Congrats!!! You are now logged into the Admin Control Panel and you have complete access to do as you please.(Doesnt mean you Deface a site!!!)
If you can find out the server or host on which your victims website is Hosted, you can even login to their FTP by typing in a false path!!!

If you are going to copy these posts...Don't forget to credit our work :)

Happy Hacking ;) !!!