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Phishing Tools Available Online

Submitted by on Saturday, 2 February 200820 Comments

Tools that can help people potentially defraud innocent surfers are available for free download on the internet, it has been claimed.

The do-it-yourself kits provide all the essential tools for launching phishing attacks - those that use spoofed emails and fraudulent websites to trick people into giving out personal financial data.

Phishing scams are on the up. Security company MessageLabs has intercepted an average of 250,000 phishing emails a month so far in 2004, compared to just 14 phishing-related emails back in August 2003.

According to anti-virus company Sophos, the DIY kits contain all the graphics, web code and text required to construct fake websites that look like legitimate online banking or shopping sites. They also include spamming software which would let you send out millions of phishing emails as bait for potential victims.

“Until now, phishing attacks have been largely the work of organised criminal gangs, however, the emergence of these ‘build your own phish’ kits mean that any old Tom, Dick or Harry can now mimic bona fide banking websites and convince customers to disclose sensitive information such as passwords, PIN numbers and account details,” said a spokesman for Sophos.

“There is plenty of profit to be made from phishing. By putting the necessary tools in the hands of amateurs, it’s likely that the number of attacks will continue to rise.”

Surfers that receive a suspicious email that claims to come from an online bank or e-commerce site should delete them and not click on any included links.

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20 Comments »

  • Himanshu said:

    do only non-ethical hackers use phishing? … i have seen in your post that the people using phishing have been also called as criminals by u.So can’t a common man do phishing? ….just for joy,fun….and if so are there any tools available for it?

  • Srikanth (author) said:

    @ Himanshu

    Yes any one can do phishing.But if it is done with a malicious intent or to steal financial info, then it is a crime.Otherwise no.
    Even I do phishing for fun and to test my skills.But I am not a criminal :)

  • prasad said:

    plz say me how 2 opean locked photos in orkut

  • A said:

    PLS I WANT TO LEARN IT.

  • sandeep said:

    Hi Mr. Srikant

    i am very happy to see your good post which help to update with the technologys. i am also want to hack some body’s email’s password. how mto create a login page and mthen connect it to sql.

    i am really need of this. kindly help me.

  • Srikanth (author) said:

    @ sandeep

    You need not connect to mysql. You can find some simple scripts that can save the login details on to a file.

  • sandeep said:

    Dear Srikant

    nice to see your answer and would like to thank you that you reply my question.
    but only issue is that i am unable to hack the password. i want to hack somebody’s password because i was cheated with 50000 rupees by some one and also they are trying to cheat others also. I belong to a middle class family and it is a huge amount and i dont want that some other people will be cheated by them.

    i hope that you can under stand my condition and will definately help me.

    Pls let me know the procedure to hack yahoo password or i will tell you that mail so that you can hack it your self.

    Pls srikant help me.My mail id is [email protected]

    thanks & regards
    sandeep kumar

  • zals said:

    i hacked more than 30 gmail accounts,10 facebook and few hotmail..i just do it for fun,,,to say the truth i never deleted a file or misused their account.all i do is for fun,,anyone want help mail me .. [email protected]

  • sandeep said:

    Hi Mr. Shrikant

    I was waiting for your reply but could not get any usable in formation.

    dear sir, kindly help me in terms of providing the mail hacking procedure.

    i will be very thankful.

    sandeep

  • Srikanth (author) said:
  • learner said:

    hey…….using ur tips i hacked into my college administrators cmputrs……but i need to know dat after i hav downloaded a keylogger,i will run it,n where will b details stored??do i hav to giv my email add so dat datails can be mailed to it or a file in d pc only will hav the datails……pls help….

  • learner said:

    i downloaded dat trojan but it is havin some execution problems…concernin a .rar file…….wat to do??im downloading a reg rool for it……….wud dat work……

  • Shilpa said:

    Hi MR.Srikanth (author)
    m in gr8 prob, i dnt hav ny id on orkut but recently ma frns told me dat someone had made an id with my name n pics. I’ll give u d link, can u pls try to delete it, i reported it abuse severel times but can’t delete it, its really insulting, that guy has pasted ma photos with some guy, plsssssss help me out, if ma family sees it, they’ll die of insult, plsssssss….
    http://www.orkut.co.in/Main#Profile.aspx?uid=947185750674337409

  • Srikanth (author) said:

    @ Shilpa

    It’s impossible ro delete a profile other than the Google team. So report to them once again seriously and with proofs of abuse.

  • Kishan Gajjar said:

    @Shilpa,

    can i help u in removing your profile..If you want my help then leave me mail on my email address :[email protected]

  • Prakhar said:

    hii srikanth…
    i hav created a fake page but i m not able to find login.php…
    can u please help me///

  • digvijay said:

    i have just followed u and how to trace ip address
    i have change ip and ip_log both files in 777
    i have put in file manager in xyz/html
    and at home tooooo
    but problem is that i have created sub domain toooo
    when i am log in to x10hosting no such link is appearing plzzzzzzzz tell me further

  • waseem said:

    hi,srikant
    i relly love ur site and its usefull articles on hacking…i think u are really gr8 hackr…i have a problem that i ahve mde phishing login page every thing is ready..but dont know how to send it to target….

  • sashank said:

    Sir ,i went thru your article on mail spoofing !!……..
    Actually the comments on that page is locked …. so only i m commenting here…
    Actually I had made use of 110mb.com for free hosting.the sending form apppears as you said sir,… But … after I click send
    the followin error msg appears in my screen !!
    ” Warning: mail() [function.mail]: Safety Restriction in effect. The mail() command is not allowed, contact the admin. in /www/110mb.com/g/m/a/i/l/-/i/p/gmail-ipv4/htdocs/sendmail.php on line 21

    Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /www/110mb.com/g/m/a/i/l/-/i/p/gmail-ipv4/htdocs/sendmail.php:21) in /www/110mb.com/g/m/a/i/l/-/i/p/gmail-ipv4/htdocs/sendmail.php on line 22 ”

    What SHOULD I DO SIR ??…….??
    SHOULD I ALTER THE PHP FILE SOMEWHERE ??………..
    PLS GIMME REPLY SIR !!!
    EXPECTING YOUR REPLY ….
    THANKS IN ADVANCE !!

  • Srikanth (author) said:

    @ sashank

    This error is just because 11omb.com has disabled the mail() function as a security measure and hence nothing can be done. You need to find another free php hosting site in which mail() function is not disabled.

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