Hacking Yahoo Messenger

This tutorial will tell you how to hack yahoo messenger while you are engaged in chatting with some person. While you are chatting through yahoo messenger, Yahoo will hide the IP addresses of all the computers that are connected through the yahoo messenger application to the chat room. So it is not possible to directly find out the IP of the person you want to hack. Then how to get the IP address? Yes it is still possible to hack the IP address during the Yahoo messenger chat. The procedure to Hack Yahoo messenger is discussed in detail below.

While you are chatting via yahoo messenger the communication between you and the person you want to hack, takes place indirectly via Yahoo server and not directly. It is not possible to hack Yahoo messenger directly to get the IP address. So to hack his IP, you must establish a direct communication with him. So ,how to do this? It’s easy. Just start chatting with some one via Yahoo messenger. During the process of chatting send him a big file. Now the file transfer takes place directly between your computer and the victim’s computer(via yahoo messenger application). So now, you are ready to go. Here’s the step-by-step process to hack Yahoo messenger and get the IP address of the person .

• Goto the COMMAND PROMPT (START>>>RUN>>>Type CMD).
• Here Type “netstat -n” (without quotes).

NOTE: If you are new to “netstat” and other IP related commands refer this tutorial: Windows XP IP Utilities

• The pic given below shows netstat results of my computer. I was not chatting when i took this pic and hence it looks modified.

• Here local address is your own IP and the foreign address is the IP address of the recipient with whom you are connected via yahoo messenger (There may be multiple recipients and hence multiple foreign addresses).
• Now send him the file.
• Check the output by typing the command “netstat -n” (without quotes).
• Assume the output is something like this.

TCP 127.0.0.10:5101 124.55.23.11:1246 ESTABLISHED

Here 124.55.23.11 is the IP address of the person with whom you are chatting and 1246 is the port number where connection is established. That’s It! You have now hacked Yahoo messenger to get his IP address.

Once you hack Yahoo messenger and get his IP address you can use any of the Remote Administration tools or perform NETBIOS HACKING.

NOTE: Some times there are chances where in the file transfer gets encrypted (takes place via yahoo server itself). So in this case the above hack may fail to work.

Change the Title of Yahoo Messenger

Here’s how you change the title text that appears at the top of the Messenger window. By default, this is “Yahoo! Messenger”, followed by your status. Simply edit the ymsgr.ini file, which you will find in the same folder as the Messenger program, in your Program Files folder. Locate the file and open it in Notepad. Then, at the end, add the following:

[APP TITLE]

caption=YOUR TEXT

Here, “YOUR TEXT” is whatever you want in the title bar. Save the file and close Messenger. When you restart it you will see your text in the title bar.

>What Is Spoofing?

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Website spoofing is the act of creating a website, as a hoax, with the intention of performing fraud. To make spoof sites seem legitimate, phishers use the names, logos, graphics and even code of the actual website. They can even fake the URL that appears in the address field at the top of your browser window and the Padlock icon that appears at the bottom right corner.

How The Fraudsters Operate?

Fraudsters send e-mails with a link to a spoofed website asking you to update or confirm account related information. This is done with the intention of obtaining sensitive account related information like your Internet Banking User ID, Password, PIN, credit card / debit card / bank account number, card verification value (CVV) number, etc. 

Tips To Protect Yourself From Spoofed Websites

1	ICICI Bank will never send e-mails that ask for confidential information. If you receive an e-mail requesting your Internet Banking security details like PIN, password or account number, you should not respond.
2	Check for the Padlock icon: There is a de facto standard among web browsers to display a Padlock icon somewhere in the window of the browser For example, Microsoft Internet Explorer displays the lock icon at the bottom right of the browser window. Click (or double-click) on it in your web browser to see details of the site’s security.

It is important for you to check to whom this certificate has been issued, because some fraudulent websites may have a padlock icon to imitate the Padlock icon of the browser.

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Check the webpage’s URL. When browsing the web, the URLs (web page addresses) begin with the letters “http”. However, over a secure connection, the address displayed should begin with “https” – note the “s” at the end. For example: Our home page address is http://www.icicibank.com. Here the URL begins with “http” meaning this page is not secure. Click the tab under “Login”. The URL now begins with “https”, meaning the user name and password typed in will be encrypted before being sent to our server.

>What Is Money Mule?

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Once the fraudster has captured personal information using anyone of the ways mentioned above, they need an account to which they can transfer funds from the compromised account. This is where a “Money Mule” comes into picture. A Money Mule is an unwitting participant in the frauds who is recruited by fraudsters to launder stolen money across the globe.

How The Fraudsters Operate?

• Fraudsters contact prospective victims (money mules) with job vacancy ads via spam e-mail, Internet chat rooms or job search Web sites. Jobs usually are advertised as financial management work, and ads suggest that no special knowledge is required.
• The crime rings persuade the victim to come and work for their fake company. Some fraudsters even ask mules to sign official-looking contracts of employment.
• Once recruited, money mules receive funds into their accounts. These funds are stolen from other accounts that have been compromised.
• Mules then are asked to take these funds out of their accounts and forward them overseas (minus a commission payment), typically using a wire transfer service.
• As the account of the mule has been involved in the transaction, the mule also becomes an unwitting participant in the frauds.

Tips To Protect Yourself From Money Mule

• Be cautious about any unsolicited offers or opportunities offering you the chance to make some easy money. Be especially wary of offers from people or companies overseas as is harder for you to find out if they really are who they say they are.
• Money mule adverts or offers can take a variety of different forms and they may even copy a genuine company’s web site and register a similar web address to add authenticity to the scam.
• These adverts will normally state that they are an overseas company seeking “representatives” or “agents” to act on their behalf for a period of time, sometimes to avoid high charges for making payments, or local taxes.
• The advert may be written in poor English with grammatical and spelling mistakes and they may urge you not to inform the bank or the police about the reason for making the payments. The adverts may seek people with accounts at certain banks, or Internet payment systems.
• Take steps to verify any company which makes you a job offer and check their contact details (address, phone number, email address and web site) are correct and whether they are registered.

>What Is Skimming?

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Skimming is a method used by fraudsters to capture your personal or account information from your credit card. Your card is swiped through the skimmer and the information contained in the magnetic strip on the card is then read into and stored on the skimmer or an attached computer. Skimming is a tactic used predominantly to perpetrate credit-card fraud – but it is also a tactic that is gaining in popularity among identity thieves.

How The Fraudsters Operate?

• At ATM machines

  Fraudsters insert a skimming device to the ATM’s card slot. This device scans the card and stores its associated information. While a customer keys in his PIN, the wireless skimming device transfers the data to the fraudsters. This information is then used by the fraudsters for online shopping or to make counterfeit credit cards.

• At Restaurants / Shopping Outlets

  At restaurants and shopping outlets, the credit card is swiped twice, once for the regular transaction and the other in the skimmer that captures the personal information which is retrieved later by the fraudsters.

Tips To Protect Yourself From Skimming

• Sign on the reverse of your credit card as soon as you receive it.
• Collect your receipts / charge slips at ATM’s, restaurants and shopping outlets.
• Use your card with merchants that you know and can trust. Never allow a shopkeeper to take your card to a different shop/room for swiping.