At present scenario there are many methods of cracking passwords to get personal information. Many hackers and crackers use these methods for hacking also like social engineering, rainbow table etc.
Today I will tell you some of the most important password cracking methods and their countermeasures that help you to prevent your personal data from hackers.
#1. Keyloggers and Rats
In keylogger and rat the hacker sends kelogger to the victim PC by mail or any other file or install it manually from USB . This allow hacker to monitor each and every thing of the victim PC .Every keystoke is recorded and sends to the hacker , even the snapshots also recorded. More over hacker c an control victim PC and copy data or delete .
Some most popular keyloggers are:
a) Prefect keylogger
b) Best keylogger
etc..
Countermeasure: Never login to your bank account from cyber cafe or someone else computer. If its important use on-screen or virtual keyboard while tying the login. Use latest anti-virus software and keep them updated. Check out below article to know more about Rats and Keyloggers.
#2. Phishing
Phishing is the most easy way of hacking. It is most successful and effective hacking technique to get someone account detail. In this technique the hacker send a fake page of real websites like gmail, facebook, twitter etc to the victim through email or any other method . When victim login through that fake page victim detail sends to the hacker. Fake pages are easily created and web-hosted by the hacker freely.
Countermeasures: Phishing attacks are very easy to avoid. The url of this phishing pages are different from the real one. For example URL of phishing page of facebook might look like facbbook.com (As you can see There are two "b"). Always make sure that websites url is correct. Check the lock symbol on the starting of the url if the page is fake than there is no lock symbol.
#3. Brute Force attack
Brute Force Attack is the method by which we can get any password . Brute Force attack is technique in which it try all possible combinations of letters, words , numbers and special characters until the right password is match. Brute force take time depends on the complexity of the password and speed of computer.
Countermeasures: Use long and complex passwords. Try to use combination of upper and lowercase letters along with numbers. Brute-force attack will take hundreds or even thousands of years to crack such complex and long passwords.
Example: Passwords like "dictonary words" or "simple names" can be cracked easily whereas computer will take years to crack passwords like "$shXt20"
Today I will tell you some of the most important password cracking methods and their countermeasures that help you to prevent your personal data from hackers.
#1. Keyloggers and Rats
Some most popular keyloggers are:
a) Prefect keylogger
b) Best keylogger
etc..
Countermeasure: Never login to your bank account from cyber cafe or someone else computer. If its important use on-screen or virtual keyboard while tying the login. Use latest anti-virus software and keep them updated. Check out below article to know more about Rats and Keyloggers.
#2. Phishing
Phishing is the most easy way of hacking. It is most successful and effective hacking technique to get someone account detail. In this technique the hacker send a fake page of real websites like gmail, facebook, twitter etc to the victim through email or any other method . When victim login through that fake page victim detail sends to the hacker. Fake pages are easily created and web-hosted by the hacker freely.
Countermeasures: Phishing attacks are very easy to avoid. The url of this phishing pages are different from the real one. For example URL of phishing page of facebook might look like facbbook.com (As you can see There are two "b"). Always make sure that websites url is correct. Check the lock symbol on the starting of the url if the page is fake than there is no lock symbol.
#3. Brute Force attack
Countermeasures: Use long and complex passwords. Try to use combination of upper and lowercase letters along with numbers. Brute-force attack will take hundreds or even thousands of years to crack such complex and long passwords.
Example: Passwords like "dictonary words" or "simple names" can be cracked easily whereas computer will take years to crack passwords like "$shXt20"
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