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Hacking Smartphones: Easy Ways To Unlock iPhone

May 30, 2020May 30, 2020 Karan S

Getting your hands on a lovely new iPhone should be a moment to rejoice, as you look forward to using perhaps the finest handheld telecommunications device on the market. However, many iPhone models are locked to a specific carrier, meaning you must get a contract with that specific carrier to operate the phone. This is an annoyance for many who wish to use a different carrier. Thankfully, there are ways to unlock your iPhone, which will allow it to work with any carrier. You’ll no longer be tied to using…

How to Know if Your Email account has Been Hacked

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Karan S

Data breaches happen all the time, and only the biggest or most scandalous make the news. Unfortunately, the odds are high that you at least some of your information has been compromised during a hack. The scariest thing is that if your email is compromised and the password is not changed, you will not have any warning that your account is compromised. Sadly, it is far too easy for hackers to get a hold of your emails these days. Many can be found with a simple email search on Google…

How to hack an ATM machine

January 5, 2017January 8, 2017 Karan S

An ATM machine is where the moolah is. If you ever thought of getting your hands on the money in ATM, this how you need to chanelise your thoughts. First of there is no easy no easy way to hack an ATM machine. With growing number of banks and their customers, ATM networks are growing. And they are becoming increasingly tough to hack. The most common ATMs these days are wincor nixdorf ATM, Diebold ATM and Defcon ATM. Second, don’t be mused by arbitrary ATM hack tricks like: Hacking ATM using…

Top 5 USB Hacks that PWN You

March 13, 2015 Tarandeep Singh

A USB based dongle can go long way in terms of screwing you, your data, and even your life. Every other day we come across a new device that exposes a new type of vulnerability, enabling hackers to go wilder. Let’s take a look at Top 5 Best USB Hacks that can PWN you: 1. BadUSB BadUSB reprograms embedded firmware to give USB devices new, covert capabilities. A USB devices takes on the ability to act as a keyboard that surreptitiously types malicious commands into attached computers. A different drive…

What Google Can’t Find, Shodan Can [Search Connected Devices]

April 9, 2013April 14, 2013 Tarandeep Singh

When we don’t find it on Google, we declare it doesn’t exist. But as per Founder Shodan, that statement is not essentially true. He believes that when something is not searchable on Google, that’s when probability of finding it on Shodan is much higher than usual. Shodan may be the world’s most unique and scariest Search engine very unique to its kind. Shodan instead of looking for content on the web, goes through the back resources and tries to find assets like Servers, printers, webcams, routers and even iPhones connected to the…

Read, Extract WhatsApp Messages backup on Android, iPhone, Blackberry

March 14, 2013March 14, 2013 Tarandeep Singh

WhatsApp is undoubtedly no.1 Messaging service on mobile devices having its presence across Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows phone. Users around the globe exchange billions of messages over WhatsApp. However, the most popular doesn’t mean the most secure. We’ve shown you before how to hack whatsApp messenger as long as you know basic programming/networking. WhatsApp is designed to be inherently fast and insecure. When you use WhatsApp, you’re prone to leaking your IM history and conversations to the world. How to Read WhatsApp messages from Anyone’s Android, iPhone, Blackberry WhatsApp saves…

Remotely Hack any Cisco VoIP Phone

January 11, 2013January 11, 2013 Tarandeep Singh

Ever year hackers research and reverse engineer mainstream electronics and commercial products in the market. At 29C3, security researchers from Columbia university demoed what they call to have achieved Hacking Cisco VOIP phone to remotely listen to you all day long. They call this “just because you are paranoid doesn’t mean your phone isn’t listening to everything you say. Hackers were able to remotely turn on a phone’s microphone and eavesdrop from anywhere in the world. Cisco is everywhere Cisco is the no.1 VOIP provider, globally. There are millions and millions of…

Hack Open Hotel Room Door Locks

October 3, 2012October 3, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

Everytime you checkin into a hotel, you are presented with a smartcard which would become key to your Hotel Room door locks for your duration of stay. Have you ever wondered how it works? Well, Hackers have reverse engineered the whole Door locking system and hacked it for good, revealing how incompetent some of the industry standard products are. This isn’t new. We’ve seen how you can hack Unlock an Office door. The hack is essentially designed to exploit flaw found in Onity’s locking system. Over ten million Onity HT locks…

How to Hack WhatsApp Messenger | Build WhatsApp API Client

September 14, 2012March 14, 2013 Tarandeep Singh

Desktop IMs have long been our favorite mode of communication. But with time, their significance has definitely come down. Smartphones taking large part of our daily life, IM services like Whatsapp, iMessage, BBM, etc have emerged to be exchanging more messages every second. WhatsApp delivers more than 1 billion messages per day, but yet, its the most insecure way of communication. As per a recent security analysis, WhatsApp is totally insecure way of communicating with friends. WhatsApp Encryption You will be surprised to know that until August 2012, messages sent through…

Java 0-Day Exploit Code, Prevention Explained

August 28, 2012August 28, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

Once in a while a new exploit or vulnerability arises that affects every single PC on the internet and within a span of few hours, it spreads across the globe. Such exploits are often called as Zero-day exploits (or 0-day exploit). While Zero-day Exploits are critical and widespread, most users never have a clue about it. The awareness is important and that’s why Tech blogs take them seriously. One such recently discovered 0-day exploit was in intel processors. Who is under Threat? A new browser-based exploit for a Java vulnerability…

Hack Human Brain to Extract information

August 27, 2012August 27, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

How many times have you been victimized by Inception? You might not even know but social hackers can extract a wide set of information from you. However, simple Hardware intended for controlling games can be utilized to Hack your Brain to reveal dirty little secrets. Watchout, scientists have discovered a way to mind-read personal secrets, such as bank PIN numbers and personal associations, using a cheap headset. Brain Hacking / Reading: What all can be extracted? This isn’t magic or a device from the Future, brain reading had been possible…

Hack to Control Everything in Your Car

August 1, 2012August 1, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

Your current generation (or older) car runs on a mini computer which centrally controls the operations within the car. This is the micro-computer which is responsible for monitoring and controlling everything from inflated tires to the stereo in your car. If you own a Honda, Toyota, BMW, Chrysler, VW, or Mini Car manufactured within last 10 years, you can hack to make it work according to you. Well, this holds true for cars in U.S. and Canada, others would have to check before proceeding. The Car Kracker project aims at hacking the…

Hackers Exploit Intel Core 2 Duo, Atom PC with Javascript

July 15, 2012July 15, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

How often it is the case that a new Exploit is discovered that renders most of the PCs vulnerable to attacks? Well, thats like everyday. But most of such exploits never go mainstream or is controlled at the source. What if an Exploit is found deep down in the Processor design and it affects every single OS that runs on that processor architecture. If those aren’t accelerating enough, how about adding scope of spreading via ANY web browser? Such exploits which are unpatched and previously unknown are called Zero-day exploits. A…

Hackers Take Control of Drone by Hacking GPS

July 8, 2012July 8, 2012 Tarandeep Singh

Drones, the unmanned aerial flying vehicles, have become a major part of modern warfare. Researchers at the University of Texas’ Lab have successfully demonstrated that a drone with an unencrypted GPS system can be taken over by a person owning a GPS spoofing device. Using only $1000 worth of equipment, one can easy exploit vulnerabilities of unencrypted GPS signals. While the powerful military drones used overseas use encrypted GPS signals, the ones in the United States rely on signals from open civilian GPS, which makes them vulnerable to GPS “spoofing.” By Spoofing…

dSploit: Android-based Network Pentest Security Tool [Wifi Hacking]

June 1, 2012June 1, 2014 Tarandeep Singh

If you are geek enough to pentest every wireless network you connect, we got an app for you. dSploit is an Android based network analysis & penetration suite. It is a comprehensive toolchain which can be used by anyone in order to perform a number of advanced network analysis and Pentests. dSploit contains a number of powerful functions for IT security experts/geeks, but is easy enough for just about any one to perform exploits. dSploit allows you to analyze, capture, and manipulate network packets. You can scan networks for connected devices like…