What hacker knows ? Chapter one.

1. 

PhishinG

the art of stealing

"Phishing is that the attempt to accumulate sensitive information like usernames, passwords, and MasterCard details (and sometimes, indirectly, money), often for malicious reasons, by masquerading as trustworthy entity in a transmission."

So how does a hacker steal such kind of information from you?

 

Okay let’s start.

First a hacker creates a fake login page, which seems like an ingenious page and somehow, convince you to enter your usernames and passwords thereto.

By sending fake offers, promises or the other eye-catching things.

This can be done by SMS, MMS, On Social Networking Sites.

This is how a fake E-mail Looks Like 

A Hacker can send you an email with any email id (We will discuss about it later)

And once you click this update button above, you'll be redirected to the fake Facebook page which is made to steal your information.

This page is meant in such a fashion that after stealing your information you'll be redirected to the first Facebook page. Smart, right

LET’S SEE HOW A FAKE LOGIN PAGE can be LOOKS LIKE:

Now check out the rounded area The Address Bar. Its https://faceebook.com an additional “e” which is a perfect way of trapping users. Making an identical looking address.

 

This is how a basic phishing hack works. It works for all websites and even for bank accounts, when the user isn't conscious of this type of hack.

 

So, always search for an address bar for your safety.

 

Phishing is against the law , and by this method many criminal minded peoples are stealing information from common peoples who doesn't have a correct knowledge of cyber tricks and hacking.