Top 10 Ways to Hack Facebook Accounts 2015
So below are
the Top 10 Ways to Hack Facebook Accounts :-
1. Facebook Phishing
Phishing still is the most
popular attack vector used for hacking facebook accounts, There are variety of
methods to carry out phishing attack, In a simple phishing attacks a hacker
creates a fake login page which exactly looks like the real facebook page and
then asks the victim to login into that page, Once the victim logins through
the fake page the victims “Email Address” and “Password” is stored in to a text
file, The hacker then downloads the text file and get’s his hands on the
victims credentials.
2. Keylogging
Keylogging, according to
me is the easiest way to hack a facebook password, Keylogging sometimes can be
so dangerous that even a person with good knowledge of computers can fall for
it. A keylogger is basically a small program which once is installed on victims
computer will record every thing which victim types on his/her computer. The
logs are then send back to the attacker by either FTP or directly to hackers
email address.
3. Stealers
Almost 80% percent people
use stored passwords in their browser to access the facebook, This is is
quite convenient but can sometimes be extremely dangerous, Stealers
are software’s specially designed to capture the saved passwords
stored in the victims browser, Stealers once FUD can
be extremely powerful.
4. Session Hijacking
Session Hijacking can be
often very dangerous if you are accessing Facebook on a http://
connection, In a Session Hijacking attack a hacker steals the victims browser
cookie which is used to authenticate a user on a website and uses to it
to access victims account, Session hijacking is widely used on Lan’s.
5. Sidejacking With Firesheep
Sidejacking attack went
common in late 2010, however it’s still popular now a days, Firesheep is widely
used to carry out sidejacking attacks, Firesheep only works when the attacker
and victim is on the same wifi network. A sidejacking attack is basically
another name for http session hijacking, but it’s more targeted towards wifi
users.
6. Mobile Phone Hacking
Millions of Facebook users
access Facebook through their mobile phones. In case the hacker can gain access
to the victims mobile phone then he can probably gain access to his/her
Facebook account. Their are lots of Mobile Spying softwares used to monitor a
Cellphone.
7. DNS Spoofing
If both the victim and
attacker are on the same network, an attacker can use a DNS spoofing attack and
change the original facebook.com page to his own fake page and hence can
get access to victims facebook account.
8. USB Hacking
If an attacker has physical access to
your computer, he could just insert a USB programmed with a function to
automatically extract saved passwords in the browser.
9. Man In the Middle Attacks
If the victim and attacker
are on the same lan and on a switch based network, A hacker can place himself
b/w the client and the server or he could also act as a default gateway and
hence capturing all the traffic in between, ARP Poisoning which is
the other name for man in the middle attacks is a very broad topic and is beyond
the scope of this article
10. Botnets
Botnets are not commonly
used for hacking facebook accounts, because of it’s high setup costs, They are
used to carry more advanced attacks, A botnet is basically a collection of
compromised computer, The infection process is same as the keylogging, however
a botnet gives you, additional options in for carrying out attacks with the
compromised computer. Some of the most popular botnets include Spyeye and Zeus.
