Most Valuable Windows CMD Commands While Hacking

When a person starts carrier in hacking, he/she gets furious to know more about the vast field of hacking and for all of the beginners CMD comes as a boon which let them do anything with PC/Laptop. Some of the really useful commands that can prove handy are:

Firstly we need to enable Netbios and for that go to Network Connection>>Properties>>TCP/IP>>Properties>>Advanced>>WINS>>Select Default for NetBios. Now press start key and in run type cmd and an interface will open to try some really good commands that are:

1. Ping: This command which give you the information if the targeted host is alive. Type ping x.x.x.x or ping www.google.com (Or the website you want to ping).

2. Nslookup: It can resolve DNS into IP address easily. Though, it can do several other functions too. You can even send a spoofed email to your friend using IP address of mail server. The steps to find IP address of mail server are:

Nslookup(enter)

Set type=mx(enter)

Gmail.com

3. Tracert: This command is beneficial when someone want to trace the route a packet follow to reach the destination.

Command:

tracert x.x.x.x or www.google.com

4. ARP: It stands for Address Resolution Protocol. You can check if someone has done ARP poisioning on your LAN network. The command to find this is:

Command:

Arp-a

5. Ipconfig: This command gives a lot of information like IP address, Gateway, DNS etc. The command to use are:

Command:

Ipconfig or Ipconfig/all.

You can even change the dynamic IP of your network using the following command:

Ipconfig/ release ( release your IP)

Ipconfig/renew ( renew your IP)

Ipconfig/flushdns( flush your DNS settings)

6. netstat: This command shows connection stats:

Command:

Netstat

Or

netstat -a( show all listing ports and connection with DNS names)

netstat-n( show all the open connection with IP address)

netstat-an( combine both the above commands)

7. Net View: This command will allow you to see sharing folders on targeted box.

Command:

Net view x.x.x.x or computer name

So, these are some useful commands that every person who dream to become a hacker should know.

Google Priced $200,000 To Find Bug In Android

The Giant company Google has made all techy brains surprised by announcing a reward money of $200,000 for the person who will succeed in finding a new bug in Android. The upgrade in the reward money took place after the news of Judy malware came. Judy attack consisted of number of infected applications that resides on Play Store and later could install adware on user device. It was been said that around 40 application were infected

From past 2 years, Google is running this reward program and till now $1.5 million has been given to the winners. The main motive of this reward program is to find the bug so that any type of cyber attack can be stopped easily and prevent from a heavy loss.

Reward Upgrades:

This bounty program is divided into different levels depending on seriousness of bugs. The first level reward to find bugs that could allow attackers to steal data was $30,000 and now the reward money has been increased upto 5 times. The second level includes Trust Zone bugs and Verified Boot. Verified Boot ensures that phone’s software is not affected whereas Trust Zone covers fingerprint scan, biometric data, security software, system settings and more. The previous reward for these bugs was $50,000 which has now upgraded to $200,000

Note: Reward for remote exploit chain or Exploit leading to TrustZone or Verified Boot increases from $50,000 to $200,000. Reward for remote kernel exploit increase from $30,000 to $150,000.

FireBall Malware: 250 Million PC’s Infected

Now a days, it looks like that a cloud of malware attack is in attack mood to leave the digital world like a debris. Firstly on May 12, 2017 wannacry virus attack took place and infected more than 3,00,000 computers across more than 150 countries. While companies were trying to combat this deadly virus, a newly installed Chinese malware is targeting browsers and thus turning them into zoombies. This malware has affected around 250 million computers around the world.

A data security firm who first discovered this virus said that it was designed to hack browser and steal all traffic and boost ad network for them. When this software gets installed, it redirects a user’s web browser to website that look similar to giant search engine Google or Yahoo homepage. That fake page later steal user private information using tracking pixel.

How to Find if your system is infected:

To check, open your web browser and check whether the homepage you are seeing is set by you or check the installed software extensions? If you get the answer as “NO”, then there are chances that you are infected with this adware.

How to Remove:

Windows: In Windows, user can uninstall the application to remove the adware from Program and Features list in Control Panel.

Mac OS: User can use Finder to locate the application. Then drag the suspecious file to trash and finally empty the trash.

Scan and Clean the machine using,

Anti-Malware Software 

Adware Cleaning Software.

Remove malicious Add-ons, extensions or the plug-ins from your browser:

On Google Chrome:

A) Click the chrome menu icon and select Tools> Extensions.

B) Locate and select suspecious Add-ons.

C) Click the trash icon to delete.

On Internet Explorer:

A) Click the setting icon and select Manage Add-ons.

B) Locate and remove malicious Add-ons.

On Mozilla Firefox:

A) Click the Firefox menu icon and select Manage Add-ons.

B) Locate and remove malicious Add-ons.

At last, keep your antivirus updated regularly and keep yourself away from the free softwares those could used for advertisements.