TRUTH BEHIND EMAIL PASSWORD HACKING (Lesson 7)

The basic reason behind writing this article is to make a new comer in this field aware of certain facts and lies.

The very favourite question of every novice – “How can I hack password of Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, etc” or should I say that this is the question why most people choose hacking as a hobby?

What’s a general perception about email password hacking?

I have a username now I want to hack his/her password. What I need is a software in which I feed / input the username and the software will take care of the rest (i.e. checking different permutation and combination of passwords – BRUTE FORCE ATTACK) and give me the right password as an output.

Great!!!!!!!! Such software exists in an IDEAL world, not REAL.

Dear Friends, have you ever gave this fact a thought that when you enter a wrong password three consecutive times you are asked to input the letters shown in a picture, and if you again input the wrong password a certain number of times then the account is closed temporarily for about half hour.

So forget about the software which can check for different permutations and combinations because it has to perform certain extra steps mentioned in the above paragraph, which are very hard (almost impossible) to implement.

So does it mean that it’s impossible to crack an email account password?

Well I’d say impossible is an inappropriate word in the above statement, because in hacking nothing is impossible because nothing is perfect.

TRUTH

Every time a software is created, the beta version is launched first to check the flaws in it (In Hacking These Flaws Are Called DOORS). Those which are discovered are closed, but most of the times some doors are left open intentionally or by mistake. So a hacker’s job is to find out these doors and exploit it to solve his purpose.

E.g.: Years ago one open door was found by a hacker in hotmail.

Process: You write a java script (hardly a 2 - 3 line code) in the message field and send it to your target. When your target opens the message the java script is executed and a page is displayed on the targets computer saying “you have been logged out of hotmail please re enter your password and username” (a proxy site) once your target enters the required information it is sent back to you. Pretty Simple!!!!!!!!!

But this method became so popular that hotmail got hold of it and the door was closed.

Another popular method these days is of a Trojan which is used to hack the password of yahoo messenger. The process is quite similar to above. You install a software on your system known as Magic PS 1.5. This software sends the same message to your target (while you are chatting to him / her) that you have been logged out kindly re-enter your username and password. Once your target enters the required information it is sent back to you. Simple Again!!!!!!!!!

So are these the only available ways through which you can hack somebody’s password?

Nobody can guarantee that some other ways do not exist but ITS CERTAINLY NOT A BRUTE FORCE ATTACK.

Important: If somebody says that he knows a way to hack an email password…….please do not send your email address to him/her.