So, Its time now that we should know what are various categories hacking fall in to.

I will try to focus on the ones based on password hacking. I've also written a small post on email hacking techniques already but this one will cover it ela borately. There is no distinct classification of hacking.. but i will list all i could remember.. So, as you all would have guessed this will not be a practical application.. I w ill give tutorials on all of them in coming posts.. but its the most important t hing to have basic knowledge about all the techniques available.. So, consider g oing through the post once.. Common Methods for Hacking Computer Terminals(Servers): This comprises of either taking control over terminal(or Server) or render it us eless or to crash it.. following methods are used from a long time and are still used.. 1. Denial of Service DoS attacks give hackers a way to bring down a network without gaining internal access. DoS attacks work by flooding the access routers with bogus traffic(which can be e-mail or Transmission Control Protocol, TCP, packets). 2. Distributed DoSs Distributed DoSs (DDoSs) are coordinated DoS attacks from multiple sources. A DD oS is more difficult to block because it uses multiple, changing, source IP addr esses. 3. Sniffing Sniffing refers to the act of intercepting TCP packets. This interception can ha ppen through simple eavesdropping or something more sinister. 4. Spoofing Spoofing is the act of sending an illegitimate packet with an expected acknowled gment (ACK), which a hacker can guess, predict, or obtain by snooping 5. SQL injection SQL injection is a code injection technique that exploits a security vulnerabili ty occurring in the database layer of an application. It uses normal SQL command s to get into database with elivated privellages.. 6. Viruses and Worms Viruses and worms are self-replicating programs or code fragments that attach th emselves to other programs (viruses) or machines (worms). Both viruses and worms attempt to shut down networks by flooding them with massive amounts of bogus tr affic, usually through e-mail. 7. Back Doors Hackers can gain access to a network by exploiting back doors administrative sho rtcuts, configuration errors, easily deciphered passwords, and unsecured dial-up s. With the aid of computerized searchers (bots), hackers can probably find any weakness in the network. So, not interested in these stuffs.. huh??? wait there is more for you.. So, how about the one related to hacking the passwords of email and doing some more exc iting stuffs.. The various methods employed for this are: 8. Trojan Horses Trojan horses, which are attached to other programs, are the leading cause of al l break-ins. When a user downloads and activates a Trojan horse, the software ca n take the full control over the system and you can remotely control the whole s

ystem.. great..!!! They are also reffered as RATs(Remote Administration tools). I've written about them here. 9. Keyloggers Consider the situation, everything you type in the system is mailed to the hacke r..!! Wouldn't it be easy to track your password from that.. Keyloggers perform similar functionallities.. So next time you type anything.. Beware..!! Have alre ady posted about keyloggers and ways to protect yourself from them.. read it her e. 10. BruteForcing The longest and most tiring job.. don't even consider this if you don't know the SET of password for your victim.. 11. Secret Question According to a survey done by security companies, it is found that rather than h elping the legitimate users the security questions are more useful to the hacker s.. So if you know the victim well try this.. 12. Social Engineering Ya this was one of the oldest trick to hack.. Try to convince your user that you are a legitimate person from the system and needs your password for the continu ation of the service or some maintainence.. This won't work now since most of th e users are now aware about the Scam.. But this Social Engginering concept is mu st for you to have to convince victim for many reasons..!!! 13. Phishing This is another type of keylogging, here you have to bring the user to a webpage created by you resembling the legitimate one and get him to enter his password, to get the same in your mail box..!! Use social engginering.. A detailed guide for the phishing can be found here or an introductory and setup explanation here 14. Fake Messengers So its a form of phishing in the application format.. getting user, to enter the login info in the software and check your maill..!!! 15. Cookie Stealer Here the cookie saved by the sites are taken and decoded and if you get lucky.. You have the password..!!! Hmmm.. not satisfied with single account at a time..?? so there are ways to hack lots of accounts together.. I know few but there exists many..!! listed are the ones i know and will teach you in coming posts... 16. DNS Poisoning or PHARMING So, phisihing is a tough job.. isn't it..?? convincing someone to enter their pa ssword at your page..?? what if you don't have to convince..?? what if they are directed automatically to your site without having a clue..?? Nice huh..?? Pharm ing does the same for you.. More about it in my next post.. 17. Whaling This method gets you the password of the accounts which are used by the hackers to recive the passwords.. So you just have to hack one ID, which is simplest met hod( Easy then hacking any other account, will tell you how in coming posts..) a nd you will have loads of passwords and so loads of accounts at your mercy..!!! I would like to add one thing the methods metioned under exiting ways are easy b ut are for newbiees and script kiddies so if you really want to learn hacking th en do some real work, then relaying on the softwares or tools.. will give info o f that in my later posts.. or comment if you want any more info..