Top 5 Methods used By Hackers to Hack Facebook Accounts.

Security is the first priority to many users, so beware from hackers and protect your facebook account from hackers. Our site provides security tips to protect your facebook account from hackers. The main purpose of sharing these methods is to aware you.

Facebook has become an essential part of our daily life. We share our life moments, photos, videos and text msgs on Facebook. But, when it comes to your privacy and security, you can never be sure on the internet. Facebook and similar websites try their best to ensure the user’s privacy and security but there are still many issues that can cause the hacking of Facebook accounts.

Session Hijacking

Session Hijacking can be often very dangerous if you are accessing Facebook on a http (non secure) connection. In Session Hijacking attack, a hacker steals the victims browser cookie which is used to authenticate the user on a website, and use it to access the victims account. Session hijacking is widely used on LAN, and WiFi connections.When you log in to your Facebook account, your browser and the facebook’s server maintains a session for user authentication. The session details are saved in your browser’s cookie files. In session hijacking, the hacker steals those cookies and then access the victim’s account.It is widely used on LAN and Wi-Fi connections.

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 same as the key logging, however a Botnet gives you additional options for carrying out attacks with the compromised computer.botnets are networks made of remote-controlled computers or bots. These bots have been infected with malware that allows them to be remotely controlled. It’s expensive to set up botnets and this makes them be minimally used in cases of hacking Facebook accounts. Some very popular botnets include spy eye and Zeus.

KeyLogging

Keylogging 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 victim's computer, will record every thing victim types on his/her computer. The logs are then send back to the attacker by either FTP or directly to hackers email address.

Man in the Middle Attacks

In this method, the hacker secretly relays and possibly alters the communication between the server and victim who believe they are directly communicating with each other.If the victim and attacker are on the same LAN and on a switch based network, a hacker can place himself between the client and the server, or he could act as a default gateway and hence capturing all the traffic in between.The hacker makes independent connections with the victims and relays messages between them to make them believe they are talking directly to each other over a private connection, when in fact the entire conversation is controlled by the hacker.

The Hacker must be able to intercept all relevant messages passing between the two victims and inject new ones. This is straightforward in many circumstances; for example, an attacker within reception range of wireless access point can insert himself as a man-in-the-middle.

Phishing

Phishing is very easy and considered as n00b technique but it is one of the most effective techniques of Hacking a Facebook account. There is 50-50 chance for a hacker to get victims password using Phishing if your victim is not aware of basic internet terminologies. There are various ways of carrying out a phishing attack. The most common one is where a hacker creates a replica of a login page which looks like the real Facebook page. The victim will then think it’s the usual login.Phishing is still the most popular attack vector used for hacking Facebook accounts. There are variety methods to carry out phishing attack. In a simple phishing attacks a hacker creates a fake log in page which exactly looks like the real Facebook page and then asks the victim to log in. Once the victim log in through the fake page the, the victims "Email Address" and "Password" is stored in to a text file, and the hacker then downloads the text file and gets his hands on the victims credentials.