Evil Twin is a type of cyberattack called "spoofing" attack that connects by hacking users into WiFi connections that imitate (cloned) a legitimate network. Once a victim is connected to a fake WAP network, attackers can see and access all from user activities, traffic, devices, etc. include keystroke (keylogger) login credentials and hsitory browsing.
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Scammers are sending BDO messages with suspicious links to get the information of account holders. Advisory: We won't ever send SMS messages with fake links that request that you account reports or sign in to your account - BDO said on May 25.
We don't send links on any mobile communications. UnionBank won't request that you click on links nor ask you to give this information by SMS, call or text message - UnionBank said.
A typical example is a person who exploits the weaknesses of the systems of a financial institution for making some money. On the other side is the white hat hacker. Although white hat hacking can be considered opponent to a black hacker, there is an important difference. A white hacker does it with no criminal intention in mind. Companies around the world, who want to test their systems, contract white hackers. They will test how secure are their systems, and point any faults that they may find.
If you want to become a hacker with a white hat, Linux, a PC and an internet connection is all you need.
Black hat hackers have turned into the most notorious of all hackers in the world. The word hackers have turned into an equivalent for cybercrime. Obviously, that is an unfairness made by our own translation of the broad communications, so we should realize what a hacker is and what a black hacker or cracker does. So, let's learn about black hat techniques and how they make our techniques and how they make our lives a little more difficult.
Black hat is used to describe a hacker (r, if you prefer, cracker) who breaks in to a computer system or network with malicious intent compare to a white hat hacker, the black hat hacker takes advantage of the break-in, perhaps, destroying files or stealing data for some future purpose. The Black hat hackers exploit the system, maybe, crashing the system or taking information for no reason. The Black hat hackers may also spread the word about the adventure for different hackers or potentially people in general without presenting the person in question. This offers others the chance to take advantage of the weakness before the security organization can get it.
A Black hat hacker otherwise called a system cracker who lives on the dark web and somebody who utilizes this ability with a criminal or illegal activities. Some examples are: cracking bank accounts in order to make a transference to their own accounts, stealing information to be sold in the black market, or attacking the computer network of an organization for money.
A few well-known instances of Black hat hacking incorporate Kevin Mitnick, who utilized his Black hat hackers' abilities to enter the associations like Nokia, Fujitsu, Motorola and Sun Microsystems (it must be mentioned that he is now a white hat hacker); Kevin Paulsen, who took control of all the phone lines in Los Angeles in order to win a radio contest (the prize was a Porsche 944 S2; and Vladimir Levin, which is the handle of the mastermind behind the stealing of $10,000,000 to Citigroup (see Notable hacker).
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Phishing is another way of keylogging, here you have to bring the user to a webpage created by you resembling the legitimate one and get this to enter his password, to get the same in your mailbox in combination with Social Engineering tricks.
Ya! This was one of the oldest trick to hack… Try to convince your user that you are a legitimate person from the system and needs your password for the continuation of the service or some maintenance. This won't work now since most of the users are now aware about the SCAM… But this Social Engineering concept is must for you to have to convince victim for many reasons…!!!
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Here the cookie saved by the sites in your browsers are taken and decoded, if you get lucky… You have the password stored from your web browser…!!! You can always manage to turn cookies on/off
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Session Hijacking can be often very dangerous on "Mobile Phone" if you are accessing Facebook on a HTTP (non-secure) connection. In a Session Hijacking attack, a hacker steals the victims' browser cookie which is used to authenticate the user on a website, and use it to access the victim's account. Session hijacking is widely used on LAN, and Free Wi-Fi connections.
According to a survey done by security companies, it is found that rather than helping the legitimate users, the security questions are more useful to the hackers like social engineering… So if you know the victim well, try this.
The BSP statement said it has finished the validation concerning the incident that started from a compromised online web security service and involved unapproved authority of BDO inventories and transactions for the most part to UnionBank inventories.
“Have confidence that we proceed to work together and draw in partners to guarantee the protection, security and integrity of the financial system, as well as the insurance of financial consumers.”
Some BDO members have posted via Facebook odd exercises including their bank records, with one person supposedly losing as much as Fifty Thousand Pesos (P50K) in the unapproved transaction. This BDO member supposedly sent out P10,000 to a UnionBank member alias "Mark".
The Financial Board requested sanctions on BDO & UnionBank over attacks on hacked accounts last year December 2021, as indicated by the BSP. A few clients of BDO took to social media to gripe about unapproved transactions from their records to made-up accounts at UnionBank.
In the meantime, have been looking for review in a public Facebook group named "Virtual Assistant Jobs Philippines". The Facebook group has over 150,000+ members as of now.
In January, the NBI captured 3 Filipinos and 2 Nigerians who were supposedly associated with the hacking attacks.
In any case, the BSP gave no insights concerning the discipline for the 2 banks, just saying that the authorizations were forced to stress the significance of consistently upgrading risk management frameworks implying cybersecurity protection, anti-fraud, and anti-money laundering, and fighting criminals.
Edwin R. Bautista, CEO of UnionBank said the BSP didn't force financial punishments.
Nestor V. Tan, CEO of BDO, said the bank would follow the BSP's approvals on Viber “We will work with the BSP to ensure a more secure banking environment,” he added.
In deciding on sanctions, the BSP said it took into consideration the corrective actions implemented by both banks related to the cyber incident, including BDO’s move to reimburse the funds of its affected clients.
The sanctions forced accentuate the significance of ceaselessly improving gamble the executive's systems including internet safety, hostile to tax evasion or anti-money laundering, and fighting illegal intimidation and multiplication support.
The sanctions also support the requirement for banks to take a proactive position in it and are sufficiently safeguarded to guarantee that their investors.
Fake app like Messengers, so it's a form of phishing in the application format… Getting user, to enter the login info in the software and check your email...
Trojan horses, which are attached to other programs, are the leading cause of all break-ins, When a user downloads and activates a Trojan horse, the software can take the full control over the system, and you can remotely control the whole system… Great..!!! They are also referred as RATs (Remote Administration tools - see also RSATs).
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So, Phishing is a though job... isn't it...? Convincing someone to enter their password at your page… What if you don't't have to convince? What if they are directed automatically to your site without having a clue hint...? Nice huh... Smishing does the same for you...
Whaling hacker is a method gets you the password of the accounts which are used by the hackers to receive the passwords. So, you just have to hack one ID, which is the simplest method (easy then hacking any other account, will tell you how in coming posts...) and you will have loads of passwords and so loads of accounts at your mercy...!!!
Think of all the times you or your users have gone to the restaurant shop, mall, or public gathering place and connected to the "free wireless" network. Hackers at Starbucks who call their fake WAP "Starbucks Wireless Network" or at the SM Megamall call it "SM Free Wi-Fi" have all sorts of people connecting to their computer in minutes. The hackers can then sniff unprotected data from the data streams sent between the unwitting victims and their intended remote hosts. You'd be surprised how much data, even passwords, are still set in clear text. The more nefarious hackers will as their victims to create a new access account to use their WAP. These users will more than likely use a common log-on name or one of their email addresses, along with a password they use elsewhere.
The WAP hacker can then try using the same log-on credentials on popular websites -- Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and so on -- and the victims will never know how it happened. Lesson: You can't trust public wireless access points. Always protect confidential information sent over a wireless network. Consider using a VPN connection, which protects all your communications, and don't recycle passwords between public and private sites.
Botnets "USB" hacking are not commonly used for hacking Facebook accounts, because of it's high setup costs. They are used to carrying more advanced attacks. A Botnet is basically a collection of compromised computer. The infection process is the same as the key logging, however a Botnet gives you additional options for carrying out attacks with the compromised computer. Some of the most popular Botnets include Spyeye and Zeus. If an attacker has physical access to your computer, he could just insert a USB programmed with a function to automatically extract saved passwords in the internet browser.
