Introduction  :-   

 

                    Nowadays, Hacking has become commonplace among all those who are even least bit curious in this ever extending field. Most Of the great leaders of the IT industry of today were petty hacker previously. This Concept which occurred as a sport among teenagers caused wide spread discontent among the Victims. Mischievous teenagers used developed viruses (refer to VIRUSES) to infiltrate the other’s comp and corrupt the hard disk just for fun.

 

 

History Of Hacking:-

 

                    Hacking has always been on the wrong side of the law. Hacking generally meant, Tweaking or understanding the software you use to much greater extent than the average guy. Gradually, somewhere down the line Movies and Misinformed reporters soon turned the word ”Hacking” into something illegal. Which lead to the Enflagration of the anger of the hackers, as they had to curtail their activities due this misfortune.

 

 

The Beginning:-

 

                 Hacking probably started with DOS based Games. To get unlimited lives or weapons the hacker directly edited the memory and increased whatever they felt like. It Involved Tracking of the variables, while the game was running, and modifying them which lead to system crashes.

              

               So certain enterprising individuals came up with game trainers. Each Trainers had a list of variables and the entire user had to do was increase the value as he wanted it. And presto you were in the final level with Weapons, lives and ammo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Methods ,Tools,developments and Variations in Hacking :-

 

 

TOOLS OF THE DARK SIDE :-

 

                  The popularity of windows and its GUI (Graphics User Interface)

 Led to the formation of many new shareware programs, which the hackers couldn’t resist, to crack. They Usually worked with Assembly Code, Reverse Engineering it and have an excellent grasp of windows API’s as well.

              

              There is no modus operandi to crack the programes .It depends upon

1.The type of the program to crack

2.The type of Protection it uses. (Refer to methods of protection)

 

      The hackers used to employ their tools and techniques accordingly. They’re some Common tools of cracking which are perfectly legal and useful by themselves.

 

Favorite toolS:-

 

  (1) Softice:-

                  The most favorite tool used by the hacker is the Windows Debugger

Named   SoftIce  from Numega Corporation. This enables developers to add” Breakpoints”-points in the program code where the program pauses while the variables are checked to see whether they match expected use, in windows programs. We can trace trough assembly code to De-Bug problems if they occur.

  

       Method 1 :-   Softice in hands of a hacker like KALASHNIKOV   a German terrorist hacker could prove really dangerous. If a hacker wants to get rid of Nag screens that comes up every time the program starts,

1. He simply sets a Breakpoint on a WindowAPI call,ShowWIndow() in softIce .
2. Then he calls up the program.
3. The moment the nag screen is shown, Soft Ice pauses the program and DUMPS the cracker into the piece of assembly code that shows the NagScreen.
4. And shows all the Values of many registers in memory and byte offsets in the EXE or DLL.  
5. Then, all you have to do is make necessary changes in the values to disable the Nag Screens and make the program authentic.

 

       Method 2 :-

                  Soft Ice is also popular for obtaining “Reg Codes” from        programs that require registration.

1. When prompted for a User Name and registration code.
2. Enter anything you wish
3. While keeping a breakpoint on an API call like GetDLgItemA(), which is used to extract the contents of a textbox in windows.
4. The moment you press “OK” you get DUMPED in Soft Ice.
5. Now, you know some variables holds registration value you just entered.
6. The program logically calculates the real code from the user name and compares the two.
7. If they are same, the program is registered.
8. All you need to do is see a comparison being done and check the values of the variables.
9. You got the program Registered!!!

 

Note: - It is quite restricted after seeing it’s illegal use and is now banned .it is one of the most restricted and toughest software to get .It cannot be achieved without a license.

 

 

(2)  Win32 DisAssembler:-

                 

               It’s real name is W32Dasm, it is a shareware program used to disassemble code to trace code jumps.e.g you may like to check the system for a Cd drive if not present then show an error message and Quit.

 

 Method: -

1.     Open a program and run W32Dasm on it, and quit.

2.     Search for the string that is shown when quitting.

3.     The place where the string is found, you also find the reference in memory where it was called from

4.     Trace back to the procedure that called it and disable it.

5.     For assembly aficionados, change a JNE instruction – Jump if Not Equal, or even better, simply NOP it.

6.     And you have your program right were you want it.

 

 

         

        (3) DivX:-

                 A power tool to encode movies from DVD and distribute them over the net. A new “Hacker” video encoding technology, which made it’s debut in some IRC channels, is the biggest threat to the DVD piracy today .DVD as considered Un-Crack able and Impregnable today has been conquered by

Hacker’s .it uses MPEG4 video encoding along with MP3 encoding to encode the movie thus giving high degree of compression of both audio and video. Process-

 

Method: -

1. The encoding process begins by coping a DVD movie to hard disk with the help of another Hacker utility called DeCSS.DeCSS was originally released to allow Linux users to play DVDs over their O.s. .It became under fire because it compromises the Content Scramble System of DVD’s, which was designed to protect DVDs against Piracy.
2. After the movie is copied, You can convert it to AVI format using Divx encoding
3. Then just distribute it over the net.

 

Note :-DivX Shares it’s name with a defunct software which used to allow DVD’s to be played in time limited versions. It is restricted to the hacker community right now.

 

 

 

 

(4) Napster:-

              This is now one of the most dreaded Software’s among the Music Industry. The Napster Company was recently slapped with a Lawsuit by a Company called Recording Industry Association Of America (RIAA), which accused it of “Facilitating Piracy”. Another tragedy was that, a college student posted the way their server communicated with the users computer and transfers info, on .the web   Link-http://napster.com/

 

Method:-

This is also a new tool concept for the hackers as

1.  They decode the music from the cd’s

2.  Encode into MP3 format

3.  Establish it in there server

4.  And as they flow through the diff users their mp3 library increases

5.  There are as much as 125,345 GB’s of Mp3 when combined with the Mp3 ‘s of the users.

6.  This software is quite easy to achieve from the sit – Napster.htm

7.     This actually acts more as an illegal open source Mp3 Distributor than a hacking tool

8.  All you have to do is make a user name and Id for yourself and you are in!!

 

 

(5) Hack TV: -

             A powerful software to encode the    movies from a disk on to the hard disk and them encode them in MPEG and AVI formats to sell in the for of Pirated VCD’s            

 

 

(6) TroJan Viruses:-

 The Trojan Viruses were made in consideration with the Greek Trojan Horse, which was used to infiltrate the enemy’s fortress while they were unaware and venerable.

 

Method: -  

1.The Virus Once in the system waits for execution.

2. When executed it try’s to open the net.

3.Once the net is open, it sends all the important data of the user’s computer to it creator.

4. Then it e-mails itself to 30 other users listed in the existing users e-mail Address book. 

 

(7) GameX - The Game cracker :-  This is a cracker program which was used to crack the world’s most popular games – QUAKE1 , QUAKE2  and QUAKE3  .This game’s Trainers were made and distributed on the net, which caused massive loss to Quake’s company But even after this quake is still the NO.1 game .Link-QuakeWorld.com

 

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3.            Examples:-

 1.John-The ripper:-  This program is used to rip passwords out of the http

     site. Link- Hactool1

 

2.Win Nt Password Hacker:-  This Program Extracts the Password from the sys password file and dumps it in the memory after that we can easily change the passwords to our choice. Link-Hactool2

 

3.The Fake IP Address generator and the Ip address achiever: -   These programs are interlinked as the later is used to get the address of the person to be Bombed and the former is used to get a fake Ip Address.Link-HacTool3 and HacTool4

 

4.The Ultimate Revenge Tool -Nag Screener :-  This tool is used to totally annoy

The other user with continuous NagScreens.Link-HacTool5

 

   5. The Key Trapper:-   This Program is used to trap the key strokes and with it’s help we can also find out Password of the user.Link-HacTool6

   

Dangerous Tools:-

 

1.  The Hard Disk Destroyer:-   As The name suggests this program destroys the complete hard disk to the user.Link-HacTool7

 

 2. The H.D. Crasher:-  This Program keeps on opening dos windows till the H.d. Crashes .Link-HacTool8

 

3. The BiOS Dumper:- This Program dumps the BIOS of the system and crashes the whole system.Link-Hactool9

 

         How To Hack:-

CRACKING

Cracks was what got me into the hpvcaw scene. Cracks, if you don't already know, are a patch that modifies a program to override the protection. They can take out things like a 30 trial so that the program keeps working after 30 days. They can take out all the annoying things that bother you until you register. They can also take out things like CD checks so that you don't have to have the CD to play your game or whatever. There are also key generators. These are the best kind of crack in my opinion. Key generators are not really a patch, or for that matter what I call a crack. They simply generate you a serial number or whatever you need to register a program just as if you bought it. This is the safest type of crack in my opinion because if you get a update for the program later then it will most likely work. The software companies hate cracks and crack sites more than warez. Cracks are usually very small, 1-20k. You dowload say Win Zip 7.0 from the winzip site then you download a little key gen and presto you have the real, full version copy that will never expire. Cracking is not something that a newbie can just go off and do. I have went though some tutorials myself and managed to learn quite a bit. It is not too hard for an experienced computer user to take SoftIce and crack a program that does not have too complicated of a protection sceme. SoftICE is a debugger, it lets you do almost anything with a program, watch what it is doing, step through the program and see where the protection is, then you can take it out. Most people could care less about cracking program their selves they just want to download the cracks and patch whatever it is that is bothering them. Well here is where I get cracks at when I need them

MP3 AND MUSIC

What is an MP3? MP3 is a file format which stores audio files on your computer in a way that supplies high quality sound at a low file size. This makes it excellent for storing your CD Collection on your pc and also transferring audio files over the internet. In general near- CD Quality music is equal to 1 min - 1 meg. How do I play MP3's? To do this you need an mp3 player. These players usually support many other file formats including .wav, .mp2, .au etc. One of the most popular mp3 players at the moment is Winamp. You can download Winamp here. How can I create my own MP3's? When mp3's first started to be seen on the net it was a difficult task to create your own. Today creating your own mp3's is very easy. A great and simple program to use is called Audiocatalyst. This program rips CD audio tracks and encodes them into .mp3 format very quickly. The program also has an option to connect to an online database and label all of the tracks for you before encoding them!  You can download the trial program here. Where can I download MP3's? MP3's are available all over the internet. You can use search engines such as the ones listed below but the best way to get mp3's is by using irc. There are many irc channels dedicated to supplying the latest albums and singles in mp3 format to the people

 

SERIAL NUMBERS	Back Home
Serial numbers are the the "cd-keys" and registration numbers that programs some times ask for when you install them. I recomend using a key gen if there is one avalible before using a serial number. There are several reasons for this, the main one is: If the company releases an update for the program, then you can use the update without much to worry about. The program can't tell the difference between a real serial number and one from a key-gen. But if everyone is using the same serial number they can make their update not install or make your program quit working because they know what to look for, that same serial number everyone is using. Most of the time companies don't do anything like that, but some do.

 

 

FAQ's AND TUTORIALS	Back Home
These are FAQ's and tutorials that are on current technology. Nothing here is very out of date if at all. Tutorials Cute FTP 2.5 Tutorial - how to use a FTP Program The Warez Circle - This explains why people go in circles on warez pages Unix Password Cracking - Cracking Unix/Linux/etc Passwords Port Scanners - Tools and info on port scanning.  Serve-U NEW - How to setup your own FTP server! mIRC NEW - Get on IRC! If you are not using IRC read this now! Image Optmization NEW - Webmasters READ THIS! Playing Playstation Copies NEW - How to copy and play playstation games. Installing warez NEW - How to install warez.

 

NOTE:-   The Cells Of the above Material Is Taken from Warez.com

Tragic Events:-

 1. Screamer Virus:-  The screamer virus is the most dangerous virus till date  ,it’s Purpose was not to infiltrate but DESTROY the whole computer infrastructure connected to each other.

 

Method:- 

1.Once the virus was uploaded in the system  .

2.It immediately starts taking over the energy resources and the power management system of the comp.

     3.Once done ,it starts overloading the Power ,in order to short circuit it,

4.In process ,it frys all the circuitry not to mention the Destruction of the H.d.

5.The monitor explodes due to the extra power building in it  ,with the destruction of all the additional  devices connected like a printer,server etc

 

Note:- This virus now does not exist ,it was only used once.it’s developer(Unknown) was taken to maximum security prison and rumor has it that he was executed without trial.

 

2. The Swiss Bank Hack:-    The Swiss bank was once considered to have the world’s most Impregnable and securitive computer system which could never be hacked .But, that was before the Boombing of it’s system but a young German Hacker .At the age of 16 he hacked the bank to get 25 dollars for his coffee .But gradually with the help of his friends he gradually started hacking for more money which led to the transfer of more that 1.5 billion dollars in 3 years .He was caught in making his last transaction and was immediately sent to the state prison without trial .At the age of 26 he still tries to get out the prison but rumor has it that the officials are to scared to let him go.

 

 

 

Protection and Integration Of your computer From the dark Side:-

  1. Encryption:-       Encryption is one of the best ways to avoid hacking or cracking of a program .There are many types of Encryption Program available in the market .But all of the follow the same rule i.e.

 

Method:-

1.First of all they read the whole file.

    2.They analyze the statistic i.e. size   ,type etc and store this info in an                                      encrypted file with itself.

3.They convert the file into binary format and then into there own .

     4. The file is attached with the program which contains the unlocker key and the password of decryption supplied by the user.

  

2. Firewalls :-   Firewalls are considered to be the default protector of your system ,but not all computers have this protection .their basic plan of action is to prevent anything not authorized by you to enter the computer.

It help tremendously in preventing Trojan viruses  from infecting your system.

           They are essentially a barrier between networks and controls flow of traffic The three commonest methods to use firewalls are:-

(1)   Packet Filtering

(2)   Circuit Gateways

(3)   Application Proxies

 

The best protection is provided at the application level for each type of nework Protocol(FTP,HTTP,etc).Software available:-

(1) Digital’s Altavista firewall.

(2) Raptor Eagle

(3) Network-1 Firewall/plus.

 

 

      3. Dongle(Hardware)Protection :-  It is supposed to be the ultimate tool to  keep out crackers .Very few programs actually use this due to its complex nature and annoyances even to a legal user.

 

Method :-    

1. A small hardware lock is provided with the program containing a unique key.

2. The program checks for the existence of this lock while starting .

3. This method is fairly easy and get rid of.

 

3.The Password :-They are the most basic form of security and the basic entry point for a security violation.In NT there a account called “Administerator” which is what all NT password cracker prog. go for.and most people give the password to the name of their user name .Weak passwords are a security nightmare .you should enforce the “minimum password rules” which are:-

(1) It should be 8 character long.

(2) Should contain mixed character like @#$& etc with integers .

(3) Never give passwords =username .That is the worst mistake anyone could make.

(4) They Should b private

(5) They should not be easy to guess.

 

 

 

Conclusion :-

                Hacking is truly an art ,even when it’s a dark .To conclude this article I   would like to add the names of the two legendary hacker groups:-

(1)   TKC-founder of the Phrozen Crew,one of the most feared hacker alliances of all.

(2)   Saltine-The crackers of commercial wrapper RS Agent.

 

To end, here is a tagline used by the Phrozen crew it self which explains the whole psychology of the hackers-

“We always get what we want!”