‘Bom Sabado’ Worm Crashes ORKUT

Looks like social networking sites have become soft targets to the hackers. Have you heard the word "Bom Sabado". It means “Good Saturday" in Portuguese, which is the also the official language of Brazil and known to very few percentage of people in the world till last week. But now everyone would have known this not as a word, but as a dreadful worm virus which crashes Google’s Orkut service. It is a cross-site scripting attack which caused orkut flooded with "Bom Sabado" scraps. How it works? Basically it is a JavaScript based worm that spreads itself through Orkut scraps. This worm is an auto generated message which might look like just another scrap from your buddy. The scrap actually embeds a malicious JavaScript code which infects the profile of the person as soon as he opens the scrap page. Soon after this, the code is executed and it will make the user join bot communities automatically. The worm then starts posting similar scraps to the user's friends using his name, thereby spreading it. The worm also steals browser cookies.

Incase if you were affected by this, make sure you clear all your browser cookies and your Orkut password and security question has been changed. It is advisable not to visit any Orkut profile till this script is blocked. Recently, Twitter faced an attack by hackers after a security flaw was unearthed by a user. Soon after, Facebook faced its worst downtime in four years and now its Orkut's turn to be under attack. That is why I mentioned social networking sites as soft target. However they have taken effective steps to solve this issue as soon as possible.

HOW TO HACK FACEBOOK ACCOUNT

Hope you all are aware of Hacking. It is the process of achieving access to a computer or computer network without legal authorization .It has been tried by people of all ages, but in particular teenagers and young adults are more interested in it. i dont need ro say about the famous social networking website, Facebook with more than 500 million active users. Have you ever wanted to gain access to someone else's facebook account? Well here i have mentioned some ways to hack a facebook password.

Facebook phishing is the most common method. In this method, spoofed page (fake facebook login page) is used so that user gets fool and enter his login id and password. This process requires specialized knowledge and high level skills but can be done by anyone following the step by step instructions. The easy way of hacking id of facebook is by Keylogging with the help of software called Keylogger. Person who knows the computer basics can handle this method. Social Engineering is nothing but the method of receiving password through their answers of security questions. You can also use some links asking questions about his personal information and password. Hackers also use Primary email address hack method where they first hacks your primary email address on yahoo or gmail and then use forgot password technique to get the facebook password. When the hacker asks for password by clicking forgot password button, an email containing password is sent to your primary email address which is already hacked by the user.

  

This article is just to give information about the threats on facebook to create awareness among the users. It is advisable to change your password time to time. It is an offence if hackers steal private information or changes some financial or personal data. All the types of unauthorized access can lead the hacker towards the prison for 20 years. 

WORLD’s BEST HACKER

                    

Jonathan James born on 12-12-1983 turned out to be the world’s most threatening and biggest hacker. At the age of 16, he hacked in to the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA). Jonathan James also hacked in to the NASA systems and stole software worth $1.7 million. He lived for a very short period of life and he died at the age of 24. The exact reason for his death is not revealed but according to the sources it seems that he committed suicide. But no one knows how far this is going to be true. He is termed to be the Worlds best since in a very short span of his life he cracked down all the high profile organizations security including that of NASA. He would have become more difficult for the world to compete in the field of hacking. Hats off to him for his talent in terms of knowledge.