Under Attack -- What hackers know will harm you: A manager's guide to 'Net Hacking 101'
Kelly Jackson Higgins
(InternetWeek: March 10,1997, Issue: 653, Section: Feature -- Web Commerce: Security)
Summary
This article gives ample information on how hackers hacked into websites and what tools they use to commit the cybercrime.
With more users on the Net, there are more bad guys online too. Hence the surge in security breaches. However, only about 5 percent of the hackers write their own code and understand the details of infiltration of a system or network. The rest of the hackers mainly only know the basic hacking code through hacking websites. Hackers tend to be wanna-bes, grabbing something and running with it. They are fad-conscious too. They copy from the mode of attack which has attracted the attention of the media.
Some of the ways and tools used by the hackers:
IP spoofing used by Kevin
Mitnick to infiltrate networks at Netcom Inc. in 1995
Fake website set up by hackers to lure users in hope of stealing their credit
card numbers or other information.
CGI Packet Handling Function (PHF)
Password Sniffing
Synchronized number sequence (SYN) Flood
Ping o' Death
Domain Name Service hijacking
Ways of counteracting these attacks have been given in the article.
