In the present world, most of the people are connected via Facebook across the globe. Anyone can post his/her personal thing in it. It is fun to use facebook. But there's a catch. Facebook is an networking site by which one can be hacked and his personal info will be in wrong hands.
In this post, I'm gonna say some of the ways which hackers mostly prefer to hack an fb Account and how to prevent them.
#Hack passwords using Keylogging
Keylogging is the easiest way to hack a Facebook password. Keylogging can be so dangerous that even a person with good knowledge of computers can fall for it easily. A Keylogger is basically a program which, once installed on victim’s computer, will record everything victim types on his/her computer. The logs are then sent back to the attacker directly to their email address.
Prevention
- Keep Windows Firewall updated
- Always scan USB's after inserting them
- Don't download softwares from untrusted sites
#Hack password using session hijack
Session Hijacking is a very dangerous thing,if you are accessing Facebook on an non-secure HTTP connection. In Session Hijacking attack, a hacker steals the victim’s browser cookie which is used to authenticate the user on a website and use it to access the victim’s account. Session hijacking is widely used on LAN and WiFi and private home connections.
Prevention
- Use VPN
- Always logout from browsers
- Do not allow cookies in untrusted devices
#Through USB
One can easily obtain your browser's history, saved passwords etc by just inserting an programmed usb in it. the usb then in turn copies all the information which attacker can access easily.
Prevention
- Protect your usb with an password
- Always perform scan after inserting usb
- Do not insert untrusted usb's
#Phishing
Phishing is still the most popular attack for hacking Facebook accounts. There are variety methods to carry out phishing attack. In simple phishing attacks, a hacker creates a fake login page which exactly looks like the real Facebook page and then asks the victim to log in. Once the victim logs in through the fake page the, the victims Email Address and Password is stored into a text file, and the hacker then downloads the text file and gets the victim’s credentials.
Prevention
- Use Chrome as it identifies the phishing page
- Never Login your Facebook account on other devices
- Avoid emails that ask you to log in your facebook account
#Saved passwords
As we all know, whenever we log in with any account in our browser, the browser asks you to save the username and passwords in a computer. Anyone can hack your Facebook accounts from your browser password manager.You can visit this URL and can see username and passwords you saved in your browser
chrome://settings/passwords
Prevention
- Never save passwords on untrusted devices
- Always use strong passwords
#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 page to his own fake page and hence can get access to victims Facebook account.
Prevention
- Manage your DNS servers securely
- Don't get caught by known vulnerabilities
- Separate the authoritative function from the resolving function using different servers
#Man in the middle attack
Man in the middle attack is an attack where the attacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communication between two parties who believe they are directly communicating with each other.If the victim and attacker are on the same LAN and on a switch based network, a hacker can place himself between the client and the server, or he could act as a default gateway and hence capturing all the traffic in between.
Prevention
- Use VPN Services
- Use Proxy server to access the internet
- Use windows firewall options
#Email ID hacking
This is the evergreen and most common way to Hack Facebook Account. The hacker just needs to access the connected email id of any Facebook account and can manually reset your Facebook password.
Prevention
- Enable 2 step authentication in your Gmail account
- Use Strong passwords for your Email account
- Never enter email account on unnecessary sites
- You may refer Email hacking for additional info
Mostly, hackers use these methods to hack facebook account password, since these are common and effective ways to hack. Thus it is advised not to use or share your online credentials to anyone and never save it on public or untrusted devices. Comment your queries and stay tuned for next post till then.
