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Preventions of Email Hacking
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.
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Covers the outline of the presentation, including hacking definition, email hacking methods, and prevention strategies.
Defines hacking and hackers, describing their abilities to exploit system weaknesses for unauthorized access.
Identifies main methods of email hacking: phishing attacks, key logging, brute forcing, and social engineering.
Explains phishing attacks where users are tricked into providing secure information through fake websites.
Describes how key loggers operate to capture keystrokes and access information from compromised computers.
Details brute forcing, its processes, and tools such as Aircrack-ng, John the Ripper, and others.
Lists ways to protect against phishing, including checking sender authenticity and verifying URLs.
Offers solutions against key loggers such as antivirus software, firewalls, and using password managers.
Suggests password creation guidelines: minimum length, mixed characters, and use of punctuation.
Summarizes key security practices: secondary emails, security questions, and cautious email handling.
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- 3. Presentation Layout a) Whatis Hacking? b) Email Hacking Methods. c) Preventions of Email Hacking.
- 4. a). What isHacking? 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 HackingMethods 1. Phishing Attack 2. Key Logging 3. Brute Forcing 4. Social Engineering
- 6. 1. Phishing Attack Phishingattack 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 ofEmail 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 KeyLogger 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 BruteForce 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 configurea 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.