Hi Guys,

I was shocked when i heard one of my colleague yahoo id is hacked and its true we were receiving junk mails from that yahoo id and from day i was spending most of my free time to find out how they might have hacked her yahoo id. Then finally i got it how they might have hacked,The four most common ways of Hacking Yahoo ids are ..

1.) Social Engineering
2.) Password Crackers
3.) Using Password Stealing Trojans/Keyloggers
4.) Fake Login Pages

1. Social Enginnering is actually nothing but trying to know your personal and confidential details and then using it to change your password ..BUT HOW? ok there's a forgot password option with Yahoo which asks for your B'day,Country & Zip Code & later your security question..Now generally lamers who try this mode of Hacking have lots of time to waste ..They will put you into some kinda friendship/emotional trap and try to get all the above mentioned information .It may take 1-2 days or even 1-2 month ...(Really I pitty on such lamers !! ).

2.The second kinda Hacking attempt is done with the Help of Yahoo Password Crackers...I doubt bout their efficiency bt still some of them r lucky (other way round u r stupid lol)..Password Crackers & Password Changers use Brute Force Technique with their updated wordlists...WHAT IS BRUTE FORCE ?I'll make it simple ..it's like using all possible combinations and permutations on the available data and using it as a password ..Bt again it takes a hell lot of time to crack a password ....

3.The third and one of the most frequently used way of hacking or stealing Yahoo password is using trojans and keyloggers ..WHAT ARE TROJANS? hmmm.. I already have one ...bt still TROJANS are simple programs with a server part and the client part ..you infect the victims computer with the server part and the server then connects to the client running on your system and sends passwords and vital informations..and KEYLOGGERS are programs which record your keystrokes in a log.txt file and sends that log file to the Hacker...

I have this trojan programm beleive me it worked guys i tried it on my yahoo id. Dont want to say more about it secret ... lol.. ;) So please be carefull when you are accepting any files send by some one.

Once Infected by these trojans the infected server sends your password to the Hackers Yahoo Messenger id as PM 's ...


4. The last form of Yahoo Password stealing is done by using FAKE LOGIN PAGES ..Now wht the **** :-) is Fake login Page ?These are cloned pages of the real Yahoo Mail Sign in pages .They look very similar to the real conterparts and really very difficult to distinguish..Once you put inyour real id and password and press the submit button you will be either redirected to some other pasge /invalid login page but the trick had already been played by this time ..your id and password would have been mailed to the Hackers mail id by using a 3rd party SMTP server and you don't even realize that you are HACKED...

So be carefull Always view the address bar ..If the address bar shows something like http://mail.yahoo.com or http://edit.login.yahoo.com then its the authentic page but if its something different then DONOT login.

Zapak.com, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), is planning to launch gaming portals in Europe and China.

Rohit Sharma, the chief operating officer of Zapak Digital Entertainment, told DNA Money the company is also looking at investing in content developers for gaming, from countries like US and Korea, and has a kitty of $5 million to $10 million for the same.

The ADAG-promoted venture is expected to invest $100 million in Zapak’s three verticals — gaming portals, gaming cafes and content creation — over the next 3-5 years.

“We are launching a European site and a Chinese site and are looking to be a global brand very soon. We may also invest in some studios because software creation and ownership are key in gaming,” Sharma added.

Currently, Zapak has a mix of Indian and international developers with 60% of the content sourced from abroad. The Indian gaming developers that supply to the company include Saffronrage Solutions and Jump Games.

Zapak generates revenue mainly through advertising through banners and advergaming. It has brands like Cadburys, Maruti, Parle-G, Thums Up and Adidas already on board.

He declined to disclose the revenues for the company but said that the situation is “fairly decent”. The company recently forayed into gaming cafés in Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune and Bangalore.

The next three weeks would see them launching in eight more cities, including in Mumbai. It has set a target of 200 gaming cafés by March 2008.

The online gaming market in India is powered by the rise in internet usage especially through broadband, growth in internet cafes, and the burgeoning middle-class with rising disposable income.

An analyst report had earlier forecast that the online gaming market in India will exceed $200 million by 2010. Sharma said the biggest driver of growth in the gaming space was online gaming with China and Korea having revolutionised the market. He expects the Indian gaming story to follow a similar path.

Major Hackers Personalities

This section contains brief information on some of the most famous hackers, both black and white hats. The individuals below are well known for a variety of reasons: their actions, whether good or bad, their contributions to software and technology development, or their innovative approach, skills and ability to think out of the box.

Richard Stallman is known as the father of free software. When Stallman started working at MIT's Artificial Intelligence Lab in 1971 he was confronted with 'non disclosure agreements' and closed program sources while he was hacking and improving system drivers the 'traditional way'. After an interesting battle to obtain the source code of a faulty printer utility, Stallman gave up his job and became the loudest advocate for free computer software, creating GNU and the Free Software Foundation in the process.

Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson are famous for two major software developments of the 20th century: the UNIX operating system and the C programming language. These two began their carriers at Bell Labs in 1960's, revolutionising the computer world forever with their ideas. While Ken Thompson has retired from the computer world, Dennis Ritchie is still employed at Lucent Technology, working on a new operating system derived from Unix, called 'Plan9'.

John Draper, aka 'Cap'n Crunch' is famous for his ability to hack phone systems using nothing but a whistle from the 'Cap'n Crunch' cereal boxes (hence the nickname). Besides being the father of 'phone phreaking', John Draper is also famous for writing what was perhaps the first IBM PC word processor. He now heads his own security venture, developing antispam solutions, thwarting hacker attacks and securing PCs.

Robert Morris is famous for creating the first Internet worm in 1988. It infected thousand of systems, and practically brought the Internet to a halt for nearly a day. The 'Morris Worm' was perhaps the first fully automated hacking tool, exploiting a couple of unpatched vulnerabilities on Vax and Sun computers.

Kevin Mitnick, possibly the best known case of a 'black hat', was caught by the computer expert Tsutomu Shimomura back in 1995.

Kevin Poulsen remains famous for his 1990 hack of the phone system in Los Angeles. This enabled him to become the 102nd caller in a radio-phone and win a Porsche 944. Kevin Poulsen was eventually caught and imprisoned for three years. He now works as a columnist for the online security magazine 'SecurityFocus'.

Vladimir Levin, a Russian computer expert, hacked into Citibank and extracted USD $10 million. He was arrested by Interpol in UK, back in 1995 and sentenced to three years in prison, as well as being required to pay USD $240,015 in restitution.

Tsutomu Shimomura is a good example of a 'white hat'. He was working for the San Diego Supercomputing Center when Kevin Mitnick broke into his network and stole information on cellular technology and other classified data. Tsutomu started the pursuit for Mitnick which eventually led to his arrest.

Linus Torvalds is known as the father of Linux, the most popular Unix-based operating system in use nowadays. Linus started his work on a new operating system in 1991, adopting several controversial technologies for his project, namely the concept of Free Software and GNU's Public License system. He is also known for his early disputes with Andrew Tannenbaum, the author of Minix, which was the inspirational source for Linus' OS project.

Zapaky means Zapak Hacking

Most computer vulnerabilities can be exploited in a variety of ways. Hacker attacks may use a single specific exploit, several exploits at the same time, a misconfiguration in one of the system components or even a backdoor from an earlier attack.

Due to this, detecting hacker attacks is not an easy task, especially for an inexperienced user. This article gives a few basic guidelines to help you figure out either if your machine is under attack or if the security of your system has been compromised. Keep in mind just like with viruses, there is no 100% guarantee you will detect a hacker attack this way. However, there's a good chance that if your system has been hacked, it will display one or more of the following behaviours.

Windows machines:

• Suspiciously high outgoing network traffic. If you are on a dial-up account or using ADSL and notice an unusually high volume of outgoing network (traffic especially when you computer is idle or not necessarily uploading data), then it is possible that your computer has been compromised. Your computer may be being used either to send spam or by a network worm which is replicating and sending copies of itself. For cable connections, this is less relevant - it is quite common to have the same amount of outgoing traffic as incoming traffic even if you are doing nothing more than browsing sites or downloading data from the Internet.
• Increased disk activity or suspicious looking files in the root directories of any drives. After hacking into a system, many hackers run a massive scan for any interesting documents or files containing passwords or logins for bank or epayment accounts such as PayPal. Similarly, some worms search the disk for files containing email addresses to use for propagation. If you notice major disk activity even when the system is idle in conjunction with suspiciously named files in common folders, this may be an indication of a system hack or malware infection.
• Large number of packets which come from a single address being stopped by a personal firewall. After locating a target (eg. a company's IP range or a pool of home cable users) hackers usually run automated probing tools which try to use various exploits to break into the system. If you run a personal firewall (a fundamental element in protecting against hacker attacks) and notice an unusually high number of stopped packets coming from the same address then this is a good indication that your machine is under attack. The good news is that if your personal firewall is reporting these attacks, you are probably safe. However, depending on how many services you expose to the Internet, the personal firewall may fail to protect you against an attack directed at a specific FTP service running on your system which has been made accessible to all. In this case, the solution is to block the offending IP temporarily until the connection attempts stop. Many personal firewalls and IDSs have such a feature built in.
• Your resident antivirus suddenly starts reporting that backdoors or trojans have been detected, even if you have not done anything out of the ordinary. Although hacker attacks can be complex and innovative, many rely on known trojans or backdoors to gain full access to a compromised system. If the resident component of your antivirus is detecting and reporting such malware, this may be an indication that your system can be accessed from outside.

Unix machines:

• Suspiciously named files in the /tmp folder. Many exploits in the Unix world rely on creating temporary files in the /tmp standard folder which are not always deleted after the system hack. The same is true for some worms known to infect Unix systems; they recompile themselves in the /tmp folder and use it as 'home'.
• Modified system binaries such as 'login', 'telnet', 'ftp', 'finger' or more complex daemons, 'sshd', 'ftpd' and the like. After breaking into a system, a hacker usually attempts to secure access by planting a backdoor in one of the daemons with direct access from the Internet, or by modifying standard system utilities which are used to connect to other systems. The modified binaries are usually part of a rootkit and generally, are 'stealthed' against direct simple inspection. In all cases, it is a good idea to maintain a database of checksums for every system utility and periodically verify them with the system offline, in single user mode.
• Modified /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow, or other system files in the /etc folder. Sometimes hacker attacks may add a new user in /etc/passwd which can be remotely logged in a later date. Look for any suspicious usernames in the password file and monitor all additions, especially on a multi-user system.
• Suspicious services added to /etc/services. Opening a backdoor in a Unix system is sometimes a matter of adding two text lines. This is accomplished by modifying /etc/services as well as /etc/ined.conf. Closely monitor these two files for any additions which may indicate a backdoor bound to an unused or suspicious port..

The most frequent questions asked by many people especially in a chat room is How To Hack Yahoo Password or any other email account.So you as the reader are most likely reading this because you want to break into somebody's email account.Here are some of the tricks that can be used to track an email password.

THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW BEFORE PROCEEDING

There is no program that will crack the password of victim's account.There exist many password hacking programs which claims to do this,but unfortunately people using these kind of programs will only end up in frustration.None of these programs work since services like Hotmail, Yahoo!, etc. have it set so that it will lock you from that account after a certain number of login attempts.Another thing you must know if you ask this question in any "hacker" chat room/channel, you hear that you have to email some address and in any way you give up your password in the process, in attempt to crack others password.So DO NOT BELEIVE THIS.

TWO WAYS OF HACKING METHODS THAT YOU CAN TRY

IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO VICTIM'S COMPUTER

If you have physical access to victim's computer then it's definitely possible to crack his password.This can easily be done by just installing a keylogger.

What is a keylogger? A keylogger, sometimes called a keystroke logger, key logger, or system monitor, is a hardware device or small program that monitors each keystroke a user types on a specific computer's keyboard.

A keylogger program can be installed just in a few seconds and once installed you are only a step away from getting the victim's password.OK we can crack passwords using a keylogger but these are the questions that arise in our mind now!

1.Where is the keylogger program available?

A keylogger program is widely available on the internet.some of them are listed below

Powered Keylogger
Advanced keylogger
Elite Keylogger
Handy Keylogger
Quick Keylogger

Oops i think the above list is enough.There exists hundreds of such keyloggers available on the net.These are software keyloggers.There are also hardware Keyloggers available which can be directly attached to computer and can be used to sniff valuable data.These programs are none other than spyware! So use it @ your own risk.

2.How to install it?

You can install these keyloggers just as any other program but these things you must keep in mind.While installing,it asks you for a secret password and a hot key to enable it.This is because after installing the keylogger program is completely hidden and the victim can no way identify it.Keylogger is hidden from control panel,Program files,Start menu,Task manager so that it becomes completely invisible but runs in background monitoring the user activities.

3.Once installed how to get password from it?

The hacker can open the keylogger program by just pressing the hot keys(which is set during installation) and enter the password.Now it shows the logs containing every keystroke of the user,where it was pressed,at what time,including screenshots of the activities.

Some keyloggers also has a built in SMTP server.So once you install the keylogger on victim's computer you can just sit back in our place and receive the logs via email

4.Which keylogger program is the best?

According to me Elite Keylogger and Powered keylogger are the best.You can also read the features and side by side comparisions of them and select the best that suites your needs.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO VICTIM'S COMPUTER

Ofcourse the above method can only be employed if you can access victims computer.But what to do if we do not have access.In this case there exists many Remote Administration Tools commonly known as RATs available on net.Just try googling and you can get one. Here's my new post on Keyloggers with remote installation support.DON'T MISS A MUST READ!!

In case you deliberately need to retrieve a password then you can hire some real hackers to hack the account.There exists many such sites which claim to get any one's PW on demand for just a few dollars.I have no trust on these site.But any way you can give a try.

OTHER WAYS OF HACKING PASSWORD

The other most commonly used trick to sniff password is using Fake Login Pages.
This is where many people get cheated.A Fake Login page is a page that appears exactly as a Login page but once we enter our password there ,we end up loosing it.

Fake login pages are created by many hackers on their sites which appear exactly as Gmail or Yahoo login pages but the entered details(username & pw) are redirected to remote server and we get an error "Page cannot be displayed".Many times we ignore this but finally we loose our valuable data.

NOTE: I request you, not to actively respond to the comments below which offer you to crack someone's password for money.I declare myself that i am no way responsible for the comments left by anonymous people.

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Are you planning to buy an iphone ? If so then this post is a must read for you.The much hyped iPhone 3G was launched in India a few weeks back and we have seen many issues and open security flaws in the new iPhone.Here I have some of the top reasons for which you shouldn't buy an iphone.

• The worst thing is that you cannot forward a SMS message!! Don't think that I am foolish, but really your iPhone 3G can't forward a simple SMS. You'll have to retype the SMS and forward it.
  


• There is NO copy / paste functionality. So you need to remember the texts and type again as you go.
  


• Bluetooth functionality is only limited to headset use. You can't do any file transfer over Bluetooth.So if you are planning to share your songs or photos with your friends then forget about it!
  


• Absolutely no camera settings - it's just like some ancient digital camera which does only point and shoot functionality.No Flash,No Zoom functionality.
  


• Photos taken in a VGA camera is better than that of iphone!
  


• The iPhone 3G is simply overpriced in India (Costs almost twice the price as in US)
  


• It's in built Safari web browser does not support Flash as well as Java.
  


• There is No office document editor. Most Nokia's come with inbuilt editor's for Word / Excel.
  


• The iPhone doesn't has AD2P on the Bluetooth - which means you can't get stereo sound via Blue Tooth headphones, that's a big disappointment for the music fans.
  


• The iPhone doesn't has a Removable battery. Yes - you cannot change the battery yourself. Apple expects you to send the phone to an Apple Outlet to replace the battery. Now if you travel too much - what are you gonna do? Look for an Apple Store to interchange the travel battery?
  


• iPhone doesn't has an option to send MMS. Forget about MMS.
  


• Though you can't sent MMS - You can't receive MMS messages too!
  


• You can't set your personal songs as ring tones!
  


• The iPhone's screen is not Finger Print Resistant. Since the iPhone is a touch screen phone so it is bound to get your finger print's each time you touch so it gets dirty very easily.
  


• THE BIGGEST ONE - ONCE YOU ARE ON 3G NETWORK(Which I suppose will happen in a year in India), YOU CANNOT MAKE CALLS TO A PHONE ON 2G NETWORK. SO IF YOU WANT TO CALL A PERSON WHO IS NOT HAVING A 3G PHONE. SORRY, YOU'LL HAVE TO FIND A PCO and a 1RUPEE!!!
  

• Is your Nokia cell phone Original ?