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Top Hacker’s That makes History

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In this article, we will have a brief synopsis of some of the top famous Hackers and how they became famous. So stay with me.

Jonathan James

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Jonathan James was an American hacker, ill-famous as the first juvenile sent to prison for cybercrime in the United States. He committed suicide in 2008 with a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

In 1999, at the age of 16, he gained access to several computers by breaking the password of a server that belonged to NASA and stealing the source code of the International Space Station among other sensitive information.

Lan Murphy

TAMPA-6/23/99-Ian Murphy, a.k.a. “Captain Zap” was the first person arrested for hacking into military computers and was the inspiration for the 1992 feature film “Sneakers”. Murphy now runs a legitimate business, IAM/Secure Data Systems, Inc., which helps corporations guard against hackers. (STAFF/JOCK FIRESTICK)

Ian Murphy, also known as Captain Zap, at one point in time was having high school students steal computer equipment for him. Ian self proclaims to have been “the first hacker ever convicted of a crime”.

Ian’s career as a master hacker was fabricated in 1986 after he and his unemployed wife decided to form some type of business.

He has a long history of computer and Internet fraud. One of his favorite games is to forge Email headers and to send out third-party threat letters.

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Kevin Mitnick

Kevin Mitnick is a computer security consultant and author, who infiltrates his clients’ companies to expose their security strengths, weaknesses, and potential loopholes.

He is the first hacker to have his face immortalized on an FBI “Most Wanted” poster. He was formerly the most wanted computer criminal in the history of the United States. From the 1970s up until his last arrest in 1995.

He skilfully bypassed corporate security safeguards and found his way into some of the most well-guarded systems such as Sun Microsystems, Digital Equipment Corporation, Motorola, Netcom, and Nokia

Mark Abene

Mark Abene, known around the world by his pseudonym Phiber Optik, is an information security expert and entrepreneur. He was a high-profile hacker in the 1980s and early 1990s.

He was one of the first hackers to openly debate and defend the positive merits of ethical hacking as a beneficial tool to the industry. His expertise spreads across penetration studies, on-site security assessments, secure code reviews, security policy reviews, and generation.

systems and network architecture, systems administration, and network management, among many others. His clientele includes American Express, UBS, First USA, Ernst & Young, KPMG, and others.

John Helsingius

Johan Helsingius, better known as Julf, came into the limelight in the 1980s when he started operating the world’s most popular anonymous remailer, called penet.fi

Johan was also responsible for product development for the first Pan-European internet service provider, Eunet International.

He is at present, a member of the board of Technologia Incognita, a hackerspace association in Amsterdam, and supports the communication companies worldwide with his cyber knowledge.

Linus Torvalds

Linus Torvalds is known as one of the best hackers of all time. He rose to fame by creating Linux, the very popular Unix-based operating system.

Linux is open source and thousands of developers have contributed to its Kernel. However, Torvalds remains the ultimate authority on what new code is incorporated into the standard Linux kernel.

As of 2006, approximately two percent of the Linux kernel was written by Torvalds himself.

He just aspires to be simple and have fun by making the world’s best operating system. Torvalds has received honorary doctorates from Stockholm University and the University of Helsinki.

Robert Morris

Robert Morris, known as the creator of the Morris Worm, was the first computer worm to be unleashed on the Internet.

The worm had the capability to slow down computers and make them no longer usable. As a result of this, he was sentenced to three years’ probation, 400 hours of community service, and also had to pay a penalty amount of $10,500.

Morris is currently working as a tenured professor at the MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Gary McKinnon

Gary McKinnon is a renowned systems administrator and hacker. He was famously accused of the “biggest military computer hack of all time”.

He had successfully hacked the networks of the Army, Air Force, the Navy, and NASA systems of the United States government. In his statements to the media.

He has often mentioned that his motivation was only to find evidence of UFOs, antigravity technology, and the suppression of “free energy” that could potentially be useful to the public.

Kevin Poulsen

Kevin Poulsen, also known as Dark Dante, became famous for his notoriety.

When he took over all the telephone lines of   Los Angeles radio station KIIS-FM, guaranteed that he would be the 102nd caller and win the prize of a Porsche 944 S2.

Poulsen also drew the ire of the FBI, when he hacked into federal computers for wiretap information, for which he had to serve a sentence of five years.

He has reinvented himself as a journalist and has carved a niche for himself in this field.

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[BEST] Whatsapp Vs Telegram Vs Signal: Which Is MoreSecure in 2020

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Nowadays Social Messaging Apps like Whatsapp, Telegram, Signal have become one of the Best modes to Stay connected with Everyone But, Which is the best one? Which is a safer Social Messaging App? We get Lots of questions in our mind so, Let’s Find it Out…

Also Read :- How to hack Facebook Account Instantly | Sudo Para Tech

Privacy

Privacy has been a key factor to be focused on Social Media to ensure the data security of a user. So let’s check which Messaging app provides the best Privacy.

Whatsapp

When it comes to Popular social messaging app Whatsapp Privacy is a major Concern Raised. Whatsapp Provided End to End Encryption but, WhatsApp announced that it would begin sharing names and phone numbers with its parent company Facebook and that all will be later used on targeted adds.

Telegram

When it comes to privacy Telegram is one Step Forward From Whatsapp as being Secure Social messaging app. Telegram Promises to not sell your data to the third party for Advertisement. It also Provides End to End encryption and other features like:-

Secret Chat:- Leave no Trace on their Server

Have a self-destruct timer:- every message automatically gets deleted. without any traces.

Screen Shot Restriction:- Can not take a Screenshot of Conversation.

Do not allow Forwarding in secret Chat.

Inbuilt Screen Lock.

Also Read :- How to Hack Android Phone in 2019. | Sudo Para Tech

Signal

Signal is also a social messaging app just like WhatsApp, Telegram but it is well known for its Privacy. Signal Don’t store your data, so government and other agencies can’t request it and your data won’t be leak out. It provides some extra features which make it stronger in the term of privacy.

Disappearing Messages:- When enabled, Messages sent and received in this chat will automatically be deleted after being seen.

End to End Encryption:- This App provides End to End Encryption and doesn’t store any data on Server.

Inbuilt Screen lock

Block ScreenShots

Summary Of Privacy

If you are Concern About your Privacy then You must stop using Whatsapp, while Telegram and Signal being Open Source application they Provide Better Privacy and Doesn’t Leak your Data.

Features

When it comes to features Every app like Whatsapp, Telegram and signal have their own Speciality so, let’s figure it out ..

Also Read :- Learn Hacking 

Whatsapp

Pros

Support Video Call

Status Menu

Cons

A Message Can Only be Forward only to Five Contacts

256 Members can Only Be added in One group

Cannot Share Large Files

Telegram

Pros

Extra Layer of Security

Around 5000 People can be added in a group

Unlimited Number Of People can be added in a Telegram Channel.

Secret Chat

Also Read :- How to Hack phone calls without touching the phone |

Cons

Video Call Not Available Right Now..

Signal

Cons

Video Call Support (Don’t Reveal IP Address)

Block Screenshot

Inbuilt App Lock

Cons

It contains all the features available in Every Messaging App With Extra Privacy and Security but Many People are not aware of it due to which there is less number of users as compared to Whatsapp and all.

Summary

According to Sudo Para Tech Survey Team, Telegram and Signal are much Better than Whatsapp In terms of Security. Give your Opinion In Comment Box and Lets us Know which Is Better Among these Messsanging App in your Opinion.

Thank you

— Vaibhav Kunjir

How Hackers hack Phone Calls, Whatsapp to read messages without touching the user phone(SS7)2019

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Hello Guys this is Ajinkya kadam and today we are talking about the Signalling System 7 (SS7) attack. You can also get the access of the social account.

So basically SS7 is very old attack and still its running. So today I will tell you what exactly the stuff is that

Disclaimer: This article has been written for educational purpose only. We don’t encourage hacking or cracking. In fact we are here discussing the ways that hackers are using to hack our digital assets. If we know, what methods they are using to hack, we are in very well position to secure us. It is therefore at the end of the article we also mention the prevention measures to secure us.

SS7 hacking: How hackers hack phone with ss7 to read your calls and messages

Researchers had always warned that the loopholes in SS7 are allowing hackers to steal money from banks, manipulate calls and messages. However these issues were very ignored by cellular network providers as they believed SS7 attacks are done by highly professional hackers and they require good amount of investment. However some professional hackers have proved the lack of security in cellular networks and they are successful in exploiting networks and hence leaking money from bank accounts. So, hackers can hack phone with ss7 and can read your calls and messages.

You must have seen in movies that a person wants to connect to someone and he connects to someone else. Another scenario is when the communication between two people is trapped by a third person. The third scenario is that a man in the middle manipulates the data according to him hence this is also a man in the middle attack.

These are all done by SS7 hacking. Exploiting SS7 protocols is the most common attack nowadays and thus hackers use this method to hack phone with SS7 attacks.
Signalling System 7 (SS7)

SS7 known as Signalling System 7 is a set of signalling protocols that are used for maintaining connection of calls and messages to the person you want to contact to. The main role of SS7 protocols is to make sure that the network provider knows to which sim it should send the signals. Hacking the SS7 network provides the hacker power equal to security agencies and network providers. The protocols are as old as made in 1970’s and no major changes are done till today’s date. That is why the security standards of communication are very easy to exploit because they are outdated.

How SS7 attack is done?

The SS7 attack is done by attacking on the network provider and manipulating the signals. It is actually a man in the middle attack in which the hacker can trace your location and send signals from your phones.
Communication is not just between two people but actually the data is sent through a big chain with hundreds of links. Even if any level has weak level of security, your data can be easily hacked.

Recently in 2014 it became more popular when it was found that NSA was involved in exploiting the weakness of SS7 protocols. They were able to track and trace information of millions of citizens. Those people had no idea about this until Edward Snowden opened up in the media.

How hackers use WhatsApp SS7 Hacking?

Hackers are regularly using the flaw in SS7 signalling to hack the securest platforms like Whatsapp and Telegram also. Even though they have high bits of encryption but the vulnerability lies in SS7 on which these highly used social media platforms are used.

Hackers implement Whatsapp SS7 attack by fooling the network provider that the attacker and the victim have the same phone number. When the hacker fools the telecom network he can access the complete network and hence secure platforms like Whatsapp. This is easier as it requires no need to break encryption of Whatsapp or other platforms which is very difficult but still Whatsapp ss7 hacking is quite possible with the help of tools and software.

In 2017 some hackers attacked on a German network provider and they diverted all the text messages to themselves. They manipulated the one time passwords and drained the bank accounts completely.

SS7 attacks can bypass encryption:

Yes SS7 also can bypass an encryption

veryone knows that Facebook and whatsapp use high bits of encryption. But on the other part they can be bypassed if a hacker attacks the network. In that case there is no need to decrypt the high security standards. Example: You log into facebook and click on forgot password. They directly send message to the person’s no. However by SS7 hacking one can get the messages easily hence hack into the account.

  • Ajinkya Kadam