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Port Scanning
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 13:45 | 36 Comments
Port Scanning

Port Scanning is one of the most popular techniques used by hackers to discover services that can be compromised.

A potential target computer runs many ‘services’ that listen at ‘well-known’ ‘ports’.
By scanning which ports are available …

Proxy Servers and Anonymizers
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 13:10 | 8 Comments
Proxy Servers and Anonymizers

Proxy is a network computer that can serve as an intermediate for connection with other computers. They are usually used for the following purposes:

 
 

As firewall, a proxy protects the local network from outside access.
As IP-addresses …

What are Keyloggers
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 13:05 | 37 Comments
What are Keyloggers

Keystroke loggers are stealth software that sits between keyboard hardware and the operating system, so that they can record every key stroke.
There are two types of keystroke loggers:
1. Software based and
2. Hardware based.
Spy ware: Spector …

Know More About Trojans and Backdoors
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 13:00 | 7 Comments
Know More About Trojans and Backdoors

A Trojan horse is an unauthorized program contained within a legitimate program. This unauthorized program performs functions unknown (and probably unwanted) by the user.

It is a legitimate program that has been altered by the placement …

Denial Of Service Attack
Friday, 7 Nov, 2008 – 10:25 | 28 Comments
Denial Of Service Attack

Its Real,On February 6th, 2000, Yahoo portal was shut down for 3 hours. Then retailer Buy.com Inc. (BUYX) was hit the next day, hours after going public. By that evening, eBay (EBAY), Amazon.com (AMZN), and …

Windows IP Utilities
Friday, 15 Aug, 2008 – 11:55 | 19 Comments
Windows IP Utilities

The following are the IP utilities available in Windows that help in finding out the information about IP Hosts and domains. These are the basic IP Hacking Commands that everyone must know!
Please note that the …

What is Phishing ?
Sunday, 20 Jan, 2008 – 14:47 | 37 Comments
What is Phishing ?

Phishing is an attempt to criminally and fraudulently acquire sensitive information, such as usernames, passwords and credit card details, by appearing as a trustworthy entity in an electronic communication. eBay, PayPal and other online banks …

Send Fake Email – Fake Email Pranks
Saturday, 5 Jan, 2008 – 8:31 | 135 Comments
Send Fake Email – Fake Email Pranks

Most of the email forging tutorials on internet will teach us how to send fake email connecting to SMTP server of the ISP or any other domain. But this is not possible since these hacks …