Many of you know about my new project, the HackerInstitute.com. Well, I just want you all to know that I just released an Ethical Hacking module straight from the Hacker Institute for.. wait for it.. free! Wooot!

Everybody loves free stuff. But is it possible to get non-free items free on the internet? Of Course! Through Social Engineering and E-Mail Spoofing you can, and I will show you how with an example to back me up.

We’ve all seen the ridiculous attempts made by hollywood to try and portray hacker’s realisticly in their movies. And as I’m sure all of you have concluded, they absolutely….FAIL. For those of you who havn’t seen any, follow this link to see a full list of movies. Some of these will be totally absurd to those of you who know hacking while others will be somewhat realistic.

I’ve posted about phishing and the techniques attacker’s use to spread their phishing sites. Now, let’s look at how they create these phishing pages in the first place with step-by-step instructions. Knowledge of PHP and HTML will be very useful for creating fake login pages. By reading the rest of this post, you are agreeing to our DISCLAIMER.

How to hack. It’s a very often asked question with around 1,000,000 Google searches each month. I know that anyone that runs a hacking related website get’s asked this question daily. After searching the internet for a decent answer to this question, I found none, so I decided to answer it on my own once and for all.

So, what is phishing? In a nutshell, phishing is the act of stealing one’s personal information by pretending to be a legitimate and trustworthy entity. Most commonly it is an E-Mail service website or an E-Commerce website.According to www.phishtank.com, in the month of December, 2008 the top targets for phishing attacks were:

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I constantly get emails of people asking me how to hack hotmail, hack yahoo, and all the other popular email services. Usually it’s for one of the following moronic cover-ups: It’s my password, I just forgot it. , or my boyfriend this or my girlfriend that. I just don’t understand what possesses them to possibly think that I give a hoot. Nah, I love you guys, I’m just kidding! Everyone seems to think that there’s some hacking trick that will magically get them the password. Too bad you have to actually learn something. Bummer… eh? Below I have briefly described the most common methods.

Today, there are hundreds of hacking/security related blogs out there. Out of those, only a select few end up being updated regularly with good content. I am currently subscribed to a few and so should you. Hey that rhymes! Here’s the list in no specific order.

Have you ever visited one of your favorite websites to find it defaced by some hacker named “C0mpHugg3r”? Maybe the fact that this hacker kept your from being able to watch the next episode of Gossip Girl, or help kill some time at work by playing flash games, made you extremely mad causing you to throw your freshly brewed cup of moonshine against a wall, accidently clipping your co-worker and causing him to fall off the cliff he was standing by. Then while you were being escorted to jail you might have asked yourself, why would someone do this!? Why can’t they just get a life!? Seriously! What do they possibly get from hacking that innocent website?! Ugh! Well I asked myself these same questions and came up with this list…