computer hacking

Become a part of the TranceAddict community!

Frequently Asked Questions - Please read this if you haven't

TranceAddict Forums > Main Forums > Chill Out Room > computer hacking

Pages (9): « 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7 8 9 »

Last Thread Next Thread

Author

Thread

iTranscendence
Supreme tranceaddict

Registered: Jul 2009
Location: The Biggest Little City

quote:
Originally posted by Joss Weatherby
One of the most common exploits outside of website hacking (which is way easier) is called a buffer overflow.

In certain computer languages sometimes input taken from outside the application is longer than what the application assume it will be.

Instead of truncating that input it will put it into memory.

The problem is that it puts whatever is overflowing the assigned length up into a different part of memory. In certain cases that memory is memory that will be the place instructions are stored before they are sent to the processor to be executed.

So a inventive person will feed in data longer than the lengths expected and put malicious code after that. That malicious code is then in the memory that is executed and it will be carried out.

What this code does most of the time is either install itself into the system and then after that it creates a hole for it to gain more access or allow others to gain access to the system.

Lots of applications have had these holes in the past. One of the most famous was the Blast Worm from a few years back.

Your computer could be sitting exposed directly to the internet. Lots of services are exposed in Windows to the internet (not so much anymore actually) and they could be used to compromise your computer.

If you sit behind a firewall or even a basic NAT router then you are probably safe.

+1 to that, sometimes going to the site is all it takes, you don't need to click anything. That's why Krypton was exactly right when he said keeping them out, with anti-virus, hardware firewalls and other types of intrusion detection programs is the best way to go.

___________________

Aug-27-2009 21:55 United States

Click here to Send iTranscendence a Private Message

SYSTEM-J
IDKFA.

Registered: Sep 2003
Location: Manchester

Surely it depends entirely on what the password is for? Nobody is going to enter their Windows password on an online fake form, unless they're stupid enough to use the same password for everything.

___________________
Mixes:
> Maximum Elevation [Progressive House]
> DI.FM 26th Anniversary Guest Mix [Progressive House]
> Live @ Dance:Love:Hub London, 11.10.2025
> Higher Peaks [Progressive House]
> Dance:Love:Hub Afterparty (The Return) 23.11.24

Like these sets? Come see me play live at Kibosh in Manchester: https://www.instagram.com/kibosh.mcr/

Aug-27-2009 21:58 England

Click here to Send SYSTEM-J a Private Message

woscar
Starstuff

Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala

quote:
Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
fixed.

LOL, that looks like Matthew Broderick

___________________

My Set Archive - MY BLOG

Aug-27-2009 21:58

Click here to Send woscar a Private Message

gtron
Junior tranceaddict

Registered: Dec 2006
Location: Chicago

everyone's an expert. lol

___________________
"We live in a primitive time, don't we? Neither savage nor wise."
Team Techno™
AMP Featured Artist Nominations have started

Aug-27-2009 21:59 United States

Click here to Send gtron a Private Message

Joss Weatherby
Banned

Registered: May 2008
Location: The Pacific Northwest, of course

I bet Jamie would fucking flip out if I made it look like I was posting as her...

Aug-27-2009 22:01

Click here to Send Joss Weatherby a Private Message

LeopoldStotch
Suapremae tranecadictt

Registered: Jan 2005
Location: Yawbs,Giaks,and Automobiles

quote:
Originally posted by woscar
LOL, that looks like Matthew Broderick

damn it.

87 - woscar
39 - Stren
33 - Bas
31 - Lebezniatnikov, Meat187
30 - hundred, Burn Notice,
25 - Dj Haziel
24 - Renzo, Sushipunk
23 - Cloudburst
22 - jonSun
20 - Omega_Blue
19 - Barack "The17sss" Obama
16 - Halcyon, LeopoldStotch, Regurgitated
15 - Abercrombie
13 - wotyzoid
10 - enydo, Acton, cmay119, DuBam, Soeder
09 - Domesticated, DJ Damerchi
06 - elFreak, flavdave, Vivid Boy
05 - simplcake, nchs09, Winston, Joss Weatherby, astroboy, Slylee
04 - shuni, samochod, Trance Nutter, Simon_N, netroM
03 - Nrg2Nfinit, bananas, gehzumteufel, paulandrews, tubularbills, Palladium, secked, Ygrene
02 - inconspicuous, Azz3D, Nostalgic, T-Soma, montana, bigjimslade002, malek, The_G0dfather, Evil_Gnome, Euphoria
01 - Pwnage1, Alex, chris harrington, GrimReaper, Dervish, jonze, Trance-Canada, ZeJayMan, Andrieux, Bernd_Gradish, jdat, Tony Morello, lacksesepsotygh, ChrisCrossland, Fundamental, ÖZmözis, Excess, fbgdavidson, [N]ûk|êû[Z], Zewad

___________________

Aug-27-2009 22:02 United States

Click here to Send LeopoldStotch a Private Message

Irkutsk
Guest

Registered: Not Yet
Location:

I thought this thread would be about how Ben helped Frenchie hack Bas's account.

*cough*

camel

Aug-27-2009 22:06

woscar
Starstuff

Registered: Nov 2004
Location: Guatemala, Guatemala

quote:
Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
damn it.

87 - woscar
39 - Stren
33 - Bas
31 - Lebezniatnikov, Meat187
30 - hundred, Burn Notice,
25 - Dj Haziel
24 - Renzo, Sushipunk
23 - Cloudburst
22 - jonSun
20 - Omega_Blue
19 - Barack "The17sss" Obama
16 - Halcyon, LeopoldStotch, Regurgitated
15 - Abercrombie
13 - wotyzoid
10 - enydo, Acton, cmay119, DuBam, Soeder
09 - Domesticated, DJ Damerchi
06 - elFreak, flavdave, Vivid Boy
05 - simplcake, nchs09, Winston, Joss Weatherby, astroboy, Slylee
04 - shuni, samochod, Trance Nutter, Simon_N, netroM
03 - Nrg2Nfinit, bananas, gehzumteufel, paulandrews, tubularbills, Palladium, secked, Ygrene
02 - inconspicuous, Azz3D, Nostalgic, T-Soma, montana, bigjimslade002, malek, The_G0dfather, Evil_Gnome, Euphoria
01 - Pwnage1, Alex, chris harrington, GrimReaper, Dervish, jonze, Trance-Canada, ZeJayMan, Andrieux, Bernd_Gradish, jdat, Tony Morello, lacksesepsotygh, ChrisCrossland, Fundamental, ÖZmözis, Excess, fbgdavidson, [N]ûk|êû[Z], Zewad

Well played Mr. Stotch. Very well played.

___________________

My Set Archive - MY BLOG

Aug-27-2009 22:07

idoru
You Can Call Me Al

Registered: May 2004
Location: Cascadia

quote:
Originally posted by woscar
LOL, that looks like Matthew Broderick

... really? REALLY?

Aug-28-2009 00:35

Click here to Send idoru a Private Message

pkcRAISTLIN
arbiter's chief minion

Registered: Jul 2002
Location:

quote:
Originally posted by Slylee
so yea back to the preventions part?

dont go to untrusted sites. ensure your firewall in windows and your modem/router is up and working. have an anti-virus program installed (i recommend the free AVG). don't open programs you're suspicious of, ensure windows security updates are installed. never ever answer emails from any site youre a member of that asks you to confirm your username and/or password. sites just dont do that.

___________________

Aug-28-2009 01:15 Australia

Click here to Send pkcRAISTLIN a Private Message

idoru
You Can Call Me Al

Registered: May 2004
Location: Cascadia

quote:
Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
Don't be stupid.

PKC's post in a nutshell. Honestly, though, that's the way I see it. If you're not an idiot, you should be able to take mediocre to good care of keeping everything safe.