Today internet has become the basic need of everyone, without it we experience lot of difficulties and troubles. In this era of internet, it is very necessary to aware from hackers otherwise hacker can get your personal information as well as can hack your personal accounts, emails and ids in order to harm you. Today hacking has reached its peak by the advanced technologies as hacker can not only hack your computer but can control any ATM machine or security system. Today we will tell you how hackers work and will mention some advices that will make you save from hacking.
Key Logger:
Key Logger is a most useful method of hacking as key logger can record instant messages, e-mail, and any information that you type from your keyboard at any time. Key loggers can also be fixed in your computer to allowing your information to be conveyed to third party. In order to avoid this method of hacking, install antivirus software and firewall like Kespersky, Bit Defender, AVG, Comodo and Zone Alarm. Also install anti key logger KeyScrambler in your computer.
Phishing:
To hack any account, phishing is the most valuable technique, in which in order to obtain information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details by appearing as a trustworthy individual. May be sometimes you have received email in which they ask your password on the security basis, sometimes these kind of mails are the part of Phishing hacking. Whenever you receive these kinds of emails, first try to confirm the page that whether this page is presented on the regarding website’s URL or not then provide your information in order to save yourself from this hacking.
Social Engineering:
In this type if hacker has any personal information of someone, he can analyze the password of someone’s account and can try to hack the password of account. So try to choose that type of passwords which do not relate to your personal information.
Dictionary Attack:
Dictionary Attack is a very dangerous technique of hacking in which software recombines English dictionary words with thousands of varying combination. This method is used to break the computer security or server’s password and several types of applications help in this regard like LoptCrack etc. The best way to avoid this attack, try to choose symbol or characters like @, $, %, & in your passwords.
Hybrid Attack:
Hybrid attack is a famous attack which is used to hack passwords, as hackers used numbers or special characters with the normal password. Generally if we change our password we used some numbers or special characters with our password. Due to this method, hacker can easily analyze your new password in this manner.
Brute Force Attack:
Brute Force is a difficult method of hacking as it consumes lot of time and hackers not commonly used this method. Brute Force goals are to gain access to a site as it attempts usernames and passwords over and over again until it gets it. Sometimes LophtCrack software is used in this method.