How to Learn Hacking Websites

Most Common Methods Explained

Most common methods of hacking websites are explained here. Hackers are categorizing into four according to their activities.  One is hacking for fun and they want to proof their talents. Second one is hack for gain financial benefits. They use to hack the big gains and sell those data bases to opponents of those for huge amount. Third are attacking for revenge. Their intention is just to take revenge and well known hacktivist group Anonymous, Ancoders are the example for this kind of attackers. The fourth one is State sponsored group.

Hackers can impact any kind of Organizations, Military, Government Departments or any Private Business and its future by simply taking control of the main systems, stealing sensitive data, taking personal data, down the mail control system or web sites.

When the Hackers bring down the Web server or hack the Website will seriously impact the organization and its future. When the hackers attack a bank web site or server in a peak time and bring down the operation will affect the back in many ways. If they succeeded to access the database of the clients the Bank doesn’t have any second options or if they down a share market server on a  booming time it will not only effect the particular country also effect other countries markets.

In this article we are going to look for some techniques which are used by the Hackers to hack or down a web site.

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1. DDoS attack

Distributed Denial of Services or DDoS is the one of the famous method to down or make unavailable of the server to the users. When the server ot system went offline attacker take advantage of that and compromise the site or take control of the site. DDoS attack is consider as a violations of the IAB (Internet Architecture Board) proper use policy, Also violating the acceptable use policies of virtually all Internet service providers.

Usually the DDoS attack is used to interrupt the communication. But sometimes Hackers used this method to take control of the system which is running successfully fast. Sending a huge amount of request within a second to the website or particular web page is the simple example to this.  When send jumbo request to the server makes the server to run out of recourses and bring down the server or compel to restart the server.

2. SQL Injection

SQL Injections is the used to attack the Data flaws in SQL Data Base and Libraries. Some time its used to attack the OS and the System also.  When the programmers accidentally or without knowing then when they open the hidden commands or injections points  Hackers take advantage on it and gain access the Database or Private Data such as Credit Card Number or any other highly sensitive personal or financial data.

3. Cross Site Scripting

It’s known as XSS attack.  When an application script sends request and packed send to the browser and bypass the validation process. Once the script is triggered its will mislead the users to believe that the compromised page of a specific website is legitimate.

4. Session Management

Also know as Broken Authentication attack.  When the user authentication method is vulnerable or weak Hackers can take the full advantage on it and can attackers can take control over the system.                                                              

Passwords, Key Management, Session ID, and Cookies are handled by the authentication system and these are easily allowing attackers to access the server or system until it’s valid. When the attackers exploit the session management system and authentication they can easily get the users identity.

5. UI Redress

UI Redress attack also known as click jacking address.  In this method attackers use multiple thick layers to trick the user into clicking the top layer without their knowledge where attacker hijack the clicks which is nor for the actual page but the page the attacker wants to be.

Especially when the web or system using the combination of text boxes, iframes, and customer can mislead to trust that they are entering the data in the password filed of their bank account, but they are it  into an invisible frame controlled by the attacker.

6. DNS Spoofing

This is a method of attack where the attackers can spread and replicate itself from one DNS server to another DNS, poisoning everything in it’s path. Also it’s known as Domain Name Sever Cache poisoning (DNS Cache Poisoning) where the attacker uses the cache data that where the user might think that is no longer having on their computer to hack the system. But the truth is it is a “toxic”.

When attackers identify the vulnerability in the DNS they will use it to divert the traffic from original server to a fake server or website.

7. Symlinking

 

Know as an Insider Attack or hack where a special file that can points to a hard line on a MFS.  This kind of attack occurs when a attacker position the symlink in a way where the users or applications those access the endpoint thinks they’re accessing the right file but actually not.

When the endpoint file is an output, the result of the symlink attack is that it could be modified instead of the file at the planned location. Modifications to the endpoint file could include appending, overwriting, corrupting, or even changing permissions. In unusual variation of a symlinking attack is the hacker able to control or changes to a file or grant permission for the advance access or insert wrong information or interpretation of the sensitive information or corrupt or destroy vital system or application files.

8. CSRF Attack

The Cross Site Request Forgery Attacks is a method that when a customer is logged into an account and a attacker uses the opportunity to send them a fake HTTP request to collect their session information including cookies details.

In the most scenarios user cookies remain live as long as the users’ stays logged into the account.  For this reason only the websites request you to log out of your account when clients finish their works. When logout the session will expire immediately.

But when the session is compromised, attacker can create requests where it can’t be able to differentiate between a legitimate user and a hacker by the server or the application.

9. Remote Code Execution

 In this method Server side or Client site security weaknesses used to attack the target. Where the vulnerable components may include remote directories or libraries on a server but it can’t be monitored easily, frameworks, and other software modules that run on the basis of authenticated user access. The applications that use these components are always under attack through things like scripts, malware, and small command lines that extract information.

By failing to provide an identity token, attackers could hack any web service with full permission.

10. Social Engineering

Social Engineering attack is a method of attack where none of tools or scripts used. Therefore a social engineering attack is not categorizes as a “ hack ” in technically.

When the client disclose their private and sensitive information such as bank details, Credit card details  through an email, chat or social media sites, or virtually any website. But the problem, of course, is that people not getting into what they think they are getting into.