Preventions of Email Hacking
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The document presents a comprehensive overview of email hacking, outlining key hacking methods such as phishing attacks, key logging, and brute forcing. It also details several prevention strategies including careful email examination, using antivirus and encryption tools, and implementing strong password requirements. The conclusion emphasizes the importance of secondary email recovery options and maintaining email confidentiality.
Preventions of Email Hacking
- 3. Presentation Layout a) What is Hacking? b) Email Hacking Methods. c) Preventions of Email Hacking.
- 4. a). What is Hacking? The word “hacker” was used to describe a great programmer. Someone, able to build complex logics. Someone, exploiting weakness of a system to gain unauthorized access. A person who doing hacking as known as “Hacker”.
- 5. b). Email Hacking Methods 1. Phishing Attack 2. Key Logging 3. Brute Forcing 4. Social Engineering
- 6. 1. Phishing Attack Phishing attack will direct the user to visit a website where they are asked to login with your email which is look like the legitimate website but in reality it is fake. Phishing scams could be: Emails inviting you to join a Social Group, asking you to Login using your Username and Password. Email saying that Your Bank Account is locked and Sign in to Your Account to Unlock it. Emails containing some Information of your Interest and asking you to Login to Your Account. Any Email carrying a Link to Click and asking you to Login.
- 7. 2. Key Logger With key logger hacking email is more easy and simple than phishing. It is a simple .exe executable file. When someone click it, the key logger auto download. And you’ll , on your computer, you start it, and put in the IP of destination, and every hour you will receive keys pressed on his computer.
- 8. 3. Brute Forcing Trying a random approach by attempting different passwords and hoping that one works. Some logic can be applied by trying passwords related to the person’s name, job title, hobbies, or other similar items. Brute force randomly generates passwords and their associated hashes. Tools which perform the Brute force attack are: 1. Aircrack-ng 2. John the Ripper 3. Rainbow Crack 4. Ophcrack 5. Hashcat
- 9. c). Preventions of Email Hacking
- 10. Prevention Against Phishing Read all the Email Carefully and Check if the Sender is Original. Watch the Link Carefully before Clicking. Always check the URL in the Browser before Signing IN to your Account. Always Login to Your Accounts after opening the Trusted Websites, not by Clicking in any other Website or Email.
- 11. Prevention Against Key Logger 1. Encrypt Keystrokes i.e KeyScrambler, Zemana AntiLogger etc 2. Use AntiVirus i.e Panda Cloud AntiVirus, Kaspersky AntiVirus etc 3. Use Firewall i.e ZoneAlarm Free Firewall, Comodo Free Firewall etc 4. Use Password Manager i.e LastPass etc 5. Update Your Software
- 12. Prevention Against Brute Force Minimum length of at least seven characters Must include both upper and lower case characters Must include numeric characters Must include punctuation
- 13. Conclusion: Always configure a Secondary Email Address for the recovery purpose. Properly configure the Security Question and Answer in the Email Account. Do Not Open Emails from strangers. Do Not Use any other’s computer to check your Email. Take Care of the Phishing Links. Do not reveal your Passwords to your Friends or Mates.