Hacking 101 how it gets done.

June 12, 2008 · Filed Under Internet

For many of us Hacking is a real threat. Probably for all of us.

Hackers state that they are only after information and they want to test their skills. This is true, because we live in the information age. Where info is king. Information could be anything from the names of your staff to your bank account details and pin. Varying from different danger levels.

Getting the information you want could be a simple task or a very complex one. Usernames are easier than passwords, bank account number is easy to get, but not the pin number ect

I used to think that Hacking was out there and could never affect me. I was wrong. I recently learned how hacking usernames and Passwords for adsl works. All that you need is an IP address scanner, a mouse and a little know how. First of all, IP scanners are great tools when working with networks. It scans the network for A range of IP addresses, and spits out a whole bunch of information about it. You can also setup these scanners to scan IP addresses on the internet and tell it to look for open Ports on the internet. Basically a “door” for traffic to go through.

Once the scan has run and you found a whole bunch of IP addresses that are live (connected) and have the Port 80 open, you can punch in that IP address into your web browser and it will take you to the login screen of that router/computer or just take you to a website. (if you find the right one, you get to the router login screen
In my travels and my experience with working on the internet and networks. I found that the majority of people don’t change their default usernames and passwords on their routers. I make a point of doing that
So once the Ip address is in the browser, and you can see the router login screen, try the default username and password for that router. If it works, you have just logged into someone elses adsl router.

ok, but the password is hidden.

Once you have logged in successfully, you go to the account setup. It will then show you the username and the password will be a bunch of stars: **********
What you do then: Right click on the page somewhere, and click on page source. That will then give you the source code of the user interface for that page. Then press Control + F to bring up the search menu. Type in there the username that you just found on the page. eg: user@isp.com
That will then take you to the area where the username is in. Just below that you will see something that looks like this: <password= “whateverthepasswordis” > That will be the password for that account.

You then place that username and password in your router/modem and hit the connect button.
After that you can be called a hacker and do things illegally.

So, to bring me to the point of my post. When you have somebody install your internet for you, or if you do it yourself. Remember to change your default username and password

thanx for listening.