Top 10 Facebook profile hacking
techniques!
There are many ways someone can hack
Facebook Profile's, and here are the 10 most
usual:
1. Phishing
Phishing is still the most popular attack vector
used for hacking Facebook accounts. There are
variety methods to carry out phishing attack.
In a simple phishing attacks a hacker creates a
fake login page which exactly looks like the
real Facebook page and then asks the victim to
log in. Once the victim login through the fake
page the, the victims "Email Address" and
"Password" is stored in to a text file, and the
hacker then downloads the text file and gets
his hands on the victims credentials.
2. Keylogging
Keylogging is the easiest way to hack a
Facebook password. Keylogging sometimes can
be so dangerous that even a person with good
knowledge of computers can fall for it. A
Keylogger is basically a small program which,
once is installed on victim's computer, will
record every thing victim types on his/her
computer. The logs are then send back to the
attacker by either FTP or directly to hackers
email address.
3. Stealer's
Almost 80% percent people use stored
passwords in their browser to access the
Facebook. This is quite convenient, but can
sometimes be extremely dangerous. Stealer's
are software's specially designed to capture
the saved passwords stored in the victims
Internet browser.
4. Session Hijacking
Session Hijacking can be often very dangerous
if you are accessing Facebook on a http (non
secure) connection. In Session Hijacking attack,
a hacker steals the victims browser cookie
which is used to authenticate the user on a
website, and use it to access the victims
account. Session hijacking is widely used on
LAN, and WiFi connections.
5. Sidejacking With Firesheep
Sidejacking attack went common in late 2010,
however it's still popular now a days.
Firesheep is widely used to carry out
sidejacking attacks. Firesheep only works when
the attacker and victim is on the same WiFi
network. A sidejacking attack is basically
another name for http session hijacking, but
it's more targeted towards WiFi users.
6. Mobile Phone Hacking
Millions of Facebook users access Facebook
through their mobile phones. In case the
hacker can gain access to the victims mobile
phone then he can probably gain access to his/
her Facebook account. Their are a lots of
Mobile Spying softwares used to monitor a
Cellphone. The most popular Mobile Phone
Spying software's are: Mobile Spy, and Spy
Phone Gold.
7. DNS Spoofing
If both the victim and attacker are on the
same network, an attacker can use a DNS
spoofing attack and change the original
Facebook page to his own fake page and hence
can get access to victims Facebook account.
8. USB Hacking
If an attacker has physical access to your
computer, he could just insert a USB
programmed with a function to automatically
extract saved passwords in the Internet
browser.
9. Man In the Middle Attacks
If the victim and attacker are on the same LAN
and on a switch based network, a hacker can
place himself between the client and the
server, or he could act as a default gateway
and hence capturing all the traffic in between.
10. Botnets
Botnets are not commonly used for hacking
Facebook accounts, because of it's high setup
costs. They are used to carry more advanced
attacks. A Botnet is basically a collection of
compromised computer. The infection process
is same as the key logging, however a Botnet
gives you additional options for carrying out
attacks with the compromised computer. Some
of the most popular Botnets include Spyeye
and Zeus.
22 December 2013
Posted by Waseemgarra on Sunday, December 22, 2013 in hacking
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