Hacking for dummies!

[kuma]

I'm no expert on these servers but from what I have read in some hacking mag.'s (comes out every two months)

your internet info (traffic) ends up going through these file servers which act sort of a gateway to the WWW.

You can't get from here to there without going through these gate keepers which are based all over the world.

From the states to Europe you have underwater fiber optic cables going back and worth with data.  Same as from Asia to the states

in the Pacific Ocean.  Also I'm sure there are fiber optic cables from Oz to Japan / China which send data back and worth

from Japan / China to the states.  DNS servers route this data from states to Europe and on and on and on.

These DNS servers are very old and the safe guards used is from the 1970's.  These DNS servers are a hackers

delight.  Very easy to access the info (hack) the data traffic.  The evil hackers are one step ahead of the patches that come out

after the fact.  By the time the hacking is detected the evil hackers have moved on and found another method of

doing hijacking the data.  Big problem with these servers.  Again I'm no expert on this but it is out there for all

to read and learn.  Not all hackers are evil some help to track down these people who are causing us harm

in more ways than one.  There are some crazy stories out there.  Like the one where a writer dared a hacker to hack

his brand new auto,  When the stupid writer was driving on the freeway (cali.) the hacker started to mess

with his transmission, slow down, speed up, turn the radio on / off and even turn the engin off before

the writer begged the hacker to stop via cell phone.  Everyone is aware that new devices have micro chips in them

and that goes for weapons, large / small, etc, etc...Well with all the night vision abilities, range finding,

and other add on features done for you doing all this the manual way is not needed anymore, the chip

in these weapon does it for you.  Well one day a weapons expert wanted to be shown how his new small arms weapon

could be hacked which he did not think it possible.  Well before you could say "whats the pass word" while he

was attempting to range find his target and then fire the gun stopped working, shut down.

Once he was back on line again target sighted the shot he fired missed the target by 10 feet to his right.

Each time he atempted to correct his situation his shot got the same results.  Again this info is out

there for all to read and learn and "fore warned is fore armed".  Cao mates!

 

 

 

[LordAnubis]

Do you mean DNS server?

[Smallclub]

  J'ai rien compris…

[canadianbeaver]

How bout those Blue Jays? They are really comin' along now, especially getting better at DH and hr.

CB

[kuma]

Yes, Yes DNS my bad ( typo) thanks.  You get the gist of what I'm attempting to say?

[PatrickEwing]

How did you subscribe to bimonthly published hacker magazines? Seems to violate their ethos on any number of fronts. Cat Fancy tis not. 

[LordAnubis]

So long story short if anyone doesn't know what a DNS is... www.google.com does not exist... open up your web browser and type in: 216.58.213.132

Where does it go?

Instead of you having to remember that number sequence, a DNS allows you to assign a name and direct you to that IP address. If you hack the DNS server you can then redirect everyone trying to go to google.com to a location with a different IP. There are multiple DNS servers you can use... most ISP set their own. Google has their own that anyone can use.

[Elvis]

Good explanation of DNS (Domain Name Server). The Internet uses numeric addresses which aren't very user friendly. DNS resolves names (e.g. google.com) to numbers (IP addresses. A gateway is a different thing altogether. 

For the interested reader: http://thehackernews.com/2017/05/wannacry-ransomware-cyber-attack.html

Patching the OS (Operating System) is done by applying OS updates. These updates can fix security vulnerabilities in the code as well other bugs. It is essential to keep your system updates current.  

Hope this helps.

[Head83]

Soooo are you telling me the internet can be used for something other than buying cigars and searching for porn?   Who knew!? ?

[rhcolbert]

2 minutes ago, Head83 said:

Soooo are you telling me the internet can be used for something other than buying cigars and searching for porn?   Who knew!? ?

I'm in shock too.  World upside down 

[Fuzz]

1 hour ago, Head83 said:

Soooo are you telling me the internet can be used for something other than buying cigars and searching for porn?   Who knew!? ?

 

1 hour ago, rhcolbert said:

I'm in shock too.  World upside down 

 

[Elvis]

I meant to say that failing to keep your systems properly patched increases your risk during a DOC (Denial of Cigars) or DOP (Denial of Porn) attack.