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hacking secrets revealed information and instructional guide

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hacking secrets revealed production of s&c enterprises

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t able of contents disclaimer introduction i trojans joiners icq chapter 1 1 chapter 6 access granted chapter 2 1 15 18 18 19 19 19 19 chapter 7 42 43 44 45 49 55 59 bank account information email pictures resume survellance via internet connection 36 37 39 39 39 40 29 34 34 system intrusion in 15 seconds the trojan horse the hack newsgroups grapevine email un-safe websites irc chatsites chapter 3 20 20 acceptable files readme text files how to protect yourself firewalls antivirus software tips tricks protecting shared resources disabling file and printer sharing oh no my system s infected chapter 4 who are hackers anarchist hackers hackers crackers 24 24 25 26 chapter 8 every systems greatest flaw chapter 9 how to report hackers 65 60 chapter 5 tools of the trade portscanners 27 28 chapter 10 final words 74

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disclaimer the authors of this manual will like to express our concerns about the misuse of the information contained in this manual by purchasing this manual you agree to the following stipulations any actions and or activities related to the material contained within this manual is solely your responsibility the misuse of the information in this manual can result in criminal charges brought against the persons in question the authors will not be held responsible in the event any criminal charges be brought against any individuals misusing the information in this manual to break the law note this manual was created for information purposes only

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introduction t he internet is ever growing and you and i are truly pebbles in a vast ocean of information they say what you don t know can t hurt you when it comes to the internet believe quite the opposite on the internet there a millions and millions of computer users logging on and off on a daily basis information is transferred from one point to another in a heartbeat amongst those millions upon millions of users there s you as humble a user you may be of the internet you are pitted against the sharks of the information super highway daily problem with that is the stealth by which it happens currently about 30-40 of all users are aware of the happenings on their computer the others simply either don t care or don t have the proper know how to recognize if their system is under attack and or being used you bought this manual because you are concerned about your privacy on the internet as well you should be on the internet nothing is quite what it appears to be the uninformed will get hurt in many ways 3

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by taking interest in your privacy and safety you have proven yourself to be above the rest you can never have enough information information is power and the more informed you as a user become the less likely you are to fall prey to the sharks of the internet in this manual i will cover with you things that may scare you some things may even make you paranoid about having a computer don t be discouraged though as i will also tell you how to protect yourself the reasons for telling you the dirt if you will is that i feel it important for you to know what is at risk i wrote this manual as a guide to show you how hackers gain access to your system using security flaws and programs the theory goes that if you are aware of what they are doing and how they are doing it you ll be in a much better position to protect yourself from these attacks through out this manual you will see reference to the term hacker this is a term i use very loosely for these individuals these are just a few of the topics that will be covered · · · how hackers get into your system what tools they use how a hacker can effectively bug your house via your computer don t believe me read on you ll be very surprised what information they have access to and why you should try to protect yourself you might be surprised to find out what they know tips and tricks that hackers use how your antivirus software alone is not enough what to look for if you suspect you re being hacked what the greatest flaw to all computers are and more · · · · · · 4

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by no means am i going to make a ludicrous claim that this manual will protect you from everything what i will say is that by reading this manual hopefully you will be in a better situation to protect yourself from having your information compromised did you know it doesn t matter if you re connected to the net 24hrs a day or 15 min s a day your system is vulnerable not only is it vulnerable in that 15 min s you can possibly loose all your data get locked out of your own system and have all your confidential information like your bank account numbers your budget your personal home address compromised don t give me wrong i m not trying to throw you into a state of paranoia either what i am saying is that if you re not careful you leave yourself open to a wide range of attacks perhaps you re skeptical and saying to yourself oh i don t do anything on the net except check my e-mail etc that sort of thing can t happen to me okay i like a challenge let s do a test 5

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1 system intrusion in 15 seconds · · · · · click start go to run click run it s a step by step manual type winipcfg hit the enter key chapter system intrusion in 15 seconds that s right it can be done if you possess certain security flaws your system can be broken into in less that 15 seconds to begin this chapter i d like you to do the following connect to the internet using your dial up account if you are on dial up if you are on dedicated service like high speed connections ie cable and dsl then just proceed with the steps below 6

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this should bring up a window that looks like the following for editorial reason the above info has been omitted what you should see under ip address is a number that looks something like this 207.175.1.1 the number will be different if you use dial up internet access then you will find your ip address under ppp adapter if you have dedicated access you will find your ip address under another adapter name like pci busmaster smc adapter etc you can see a list by clicking on the down arrow 7

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once you have the ip address write it down then close that window by clicking ok and do the following · · · click start go to run click on run type command then click ok at this point you should see a screen that looks like this type the following at the dos prompt · nbtstat ­a ip address for example nbtstat ­a 207.175.1.1 please note that you must type the a in capitol letters 8

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this will give you a read out that looks like this netbios remote machine name table name type status j-1 work j-1 j-1 work work <00 unique <00 group <03 unique <20 unique <1e group <1d unique registered registered registered registered registered registered registered msbrowse 01>group again info has been omitted due to privacy reasons the numbers in the are hex code values what we are interested in is the hex code number of <20 if you do not see a hex code of <20 in the list that s a good thing if you do have a hex code <20 then you may have cause for concern now you re probably confused about this so i ll explain a hex code of <20 means you have file and printer sharing turned on this is how a hacker would check to see if you have file and printer sharing turned on if he/she becomes aware of the fact that you do have file and printer sharing turned on then they would proceed to attempt to gain access to your system note to exit out of the dos prompt window type exit and hit enter 9

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i ll show you now how that information can be used to gain access to your system a potential hacker would do a scan on a range of ip address for systems with file and printer sharing turned on once they have encountered a system with sharing turned on the next step would be to find out what is being shared this is how net view insert ip_address here our potential hacker would then get a response that looks something like this shared resources at ip_address sharename my documents temp type comment disk disk the command was completed successfully this shows the hacker that his potential victim has their my documents folder shared and their temp directory shared for the hacker to then get access to those folders his next command will be net use x insert ip address here temp if all goes well for the hacker he/she will then get a response of the command was completed successfully at this point the hacker now has access to the temp directory of his victim q r the approximate time it takes for the average hacker to do this attack 15 seconds or less 10

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not a lot of time to gain access to your machine is it how many of you had file and printer sharing turned on ladies and gentlemen this is called a netbios attack if you are running a home network then the chances are you have file and printer sharing turned on this may not be the case for all of you but i m sure there is quite a number of you who probably do if you are sharing resources please password protect the directories any shared directory you have on your system within your network will have a hand holding the folder which looks like this you can check to find which folders are shared through windows explorer · · click on start scroll up to programs at this point you will see a listing of all the different programs on your system find windows explorer and look for any folders that look like the above picture once you have found those folders password protect them don t worry i ll show you how to accomplish this in chapter 8 in a visual step by step instruction format 11

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netbios is one of the older forms of system attacks that occur it is usually overlooked because most systems are protected against it recently there has been an increase of netbios attacks further on in this manual we shall cover some prevention methods for now i wish only to show you the potential security flaws 12

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2 the trojan horse chapter i found it necessary to devote a chapter to trojans trojan s are probably the most compromising of all types of attacks trojans are being released by the hundreds every week each more cleverly designed that the other we all know the story of the trojan horse probably the greatest strategic move ever made in my studies i have found that trojans are primarily responsible for almost all windows based machines being compromised for those of you who do not know what trojans are i ll briefly explain trojans are small programs that effectively give hackers remote control over your entire computer 13

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