Top 10 Facebook Hacking ways

Submitted by Abdul Gaffar

Facebook is one of the most widely used social networking sites with more than 750 million users, as a reason if it has become the number 1 target of hackers.

1. Phishing

Phishing still is the most popular attack vector used for hacking Facebook accounts, There are variety of methods to carry out phishing attack. In a simple phishing attack, a hacker creates a fake login page which exactly looks like the real Facebook page and then asks the victim to login to that page. Once the victim logins through the fake page the victims "Email Address" and "Password" are stored into a text file, The hacker then downloads the text file and gets his hands on the victim's credentials.

2. Keylogging

Keylogging, according to me is the easiest way to hack a Facebook password, Keylogging sometimes can be so dangerous that even a person with good knowledge of computers can fall for it. A keylogger is basically a small program which once is installed on a victim's computer will record everything which victim types on his/her computer. The logs are then sent back to the attacker by either FTP or directly to the hacker's email addresses.

3. Stealers

Almost 80% percent people use stored passwords in their browser to access the Facebook, This is quite convenient but can sometimes be
extremely dangerous, Stealer's are software's specially designed to capture the saved passwords stored in the victims' browser. Stealers once FUD can be extremely powerful

4. Session Hijacking

Session Hijacking can be often very dangerous if you are accessing Facebook on a filtertechnik.mobi a Session Hijacking attack a hacker steals the victim's browser cookie which is used to authenticate a user on a website and use it to access victims account, Session hijacking is widely used on Lan's.

5. Sidejacking With Firesheep

Side jacking attack went common in late 2010, however, it's still popular nowadays. Fire sheep are widely used to carry outside jacking attacks.

Firesheep only works when the attacker and victim are on the same WiFi network. A sidejacking attack is basically another name for HTTP session hijacking, but it's more targeted towards WiFi users.

6. Mobile Phone Hacking

Millions of Facebook users access Facebook through their mobile phones.
In case the hacker can gain access to the victim's mobile phone then he can probably gain access to his/her Facebook account. There are lots of Mobile Spying software used to monitor a Cellphone. The most popular Mobile Phone Spying software's are:
1. Mobile Spy
2. Spy Phone Gold

7. DNS Spoofing

If both the victim and attacker are on the same network, an attacker can use a DNS spoofing attack and change the original Facebook page to his own fake page and hence can get access to victims' Facebook account.

8. USB Hacking

If an attacker has physical access to your computer, he could just insert a USB programmed with a function to automatically extract saved
passwords in the browser.

9. Man In The Middle Attacks

If the victim and attacker are on the same LAN and on a switch based network, A hacker can place himself b/w the client and the server or he could also act as a default gateway and hence capturing all the traffic in between.

10. Botnets

Botnets are not commonly used for hacking Facebook accounts, because of it's high setup costs, They are used to carry more advanced attacks, A botnet is basically a collection of compromised computer. The infection process is the same as the keylogging, however, a Botnet gives you additional options for carrying out attacks with the compromised computer. Some of the most popular bot-nets include Spy-eye and Zeus.

So be safe & don't be easy prey for the hackers.