Hacking a website
Sop you interested about hacking websites? you want to know what to do to prevent hacking of your own website? Have a read.
I believe that by understanding what is done and how things are done, you can use that knowledge to prevent damage to your websites due to website hacking.
There are two types of website hacking:
1. Hacking to break into password protected sections of the website. (Often Illegal)
2. Hacking so that you can modify or deform a website. NOTE: Criminal Offence
Website Hacking is not uncommon. It is simply trying to break into a site unauthorised. Webmasters can use encryption to prevent this. However, as most website programmers do not use encryption their websites are easy targets. Methods of protection include javascript, asp, php and cgi, but most other server-side languages can also be used. I will show you how to hack websites which use javascript protection.
Javascript protection has never been secure, if you are looking at the source to find the password to client-side protection, you will probably not have any problem finding the password unless it is encrypted. Follow the steps below so that you can understand the basics of hacking websites.
Recently 2 dummy bank sites were launched, the first totally insecure and the second was secured with a firewall. 8 weeks later, both sites were checked. The first without a firewall, averaged a hacking attempt every four minutes, the second, with a firewall, averaged an attack every hour. This just goes to prove how malicious some hackers are.
On this website you will find nothing of such a malicious nature. Building positive white hat hacking skills is a good thing and we encourage it, as do we helping you protect your own site, but bad hat hackers should find a better hobby.
In some cases people actually hire people to try and hack their website to secure it more. The Hacker, doing the website hacking, will turn around and tell the people how he got in. and those people will then do something to prevent the next person to hack their website.
Some ways in witch you can help yourself and protect your website from getting hacked.
1. Use a no-right-click script.
This prevents easy copying of pictures and easily viewing the source. In this way you will be slowing the hacked down, because he cannot see the way your website was built. Note: This can be circumvented by using Javascript.
2. Use frames.
This prevents viewing of the source from the top of the page. Note: This can be circumvented by using browser history.
3. Encrypt the frames page.
Encryption can stop hackers altogether. By using multiple encryption programs sources become unreadable. Note: Even encryption can be beaten.
So there you have it. How someone can hack your website, and a few steps you can take to ensure a more secure website.
Hope it helps.
Robert
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