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computer hacking (pg. 5)
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| iTranscendence |
| 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. |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| 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. |
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| woscar |
| quote: | Originally posted by LeopoldStotch
fixed. :o |
LOL, that looks like Matthew Broderick :stongue: |
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| gtron |
| everyone's an expert. lol |
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| Joss Weatherby |
| I bet Jamie would ing flip out if I made it look like I was posting as her... :p |
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| LeopoldStotch |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
LOL, that looks like Matthew Broderick :stongue: |
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 |
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| Irkutsk |
I thought this thread would be about how Ben helped Frenchie hack Bas's account.
*cough*
camel
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| woscar |
| 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 |
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Well played Mr. Stotch. Very well played. |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by woscar
LOL, that looks like Matthew Broderick :stongue: |
... really? REALLY? |
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| pkcRAISTLIN |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
so yea back to the preventions part?
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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. |
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| idoru |
| 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. |
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| Krypton |
| 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 |
What's all that supposed to be? |
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