Dr. Vikram .R. Lotwala

Here is a list of most common passwords which are very easily hacked. Worldwide people tend to make the same mistake. The list goes as : 1. 123456 2. 12345 3. 123456789 4. Password 5. Iloveyou 6. Princess 7. Rockyou 8. 1234567 9. 12345678 10. abc123 The best passwords made are a nonlogical combination, that which cannot be guessed. Security experts suggest taking a sentence and transforming it into a non-existent word. For instance "This little piggy went to market" might become "tlpWENT2m". You should use a combination of words of upper and lower case with a special @, #, % symbols.

HOW HACKERS WORK Getting the IP address Every computer has an IP (Internet Protocol) address. A DSL or cable modem connection keeps the IP address ‘always on’. A dial-up account’s IP address is turned off by the Internet Service Provider after a certain amount of inactivity Dial-up accounts get a different IP address each time they are on. So a hacker can’t make repeat visits unless he loads a program on your PC to tell him when you are on-line and gives the current IP address. A hacker can take his time to get to know an ‘always on’ connection and its weaknesses Common methods for finding your IP address are through chat rooms, looking up domain names on a domain name registrar site, or running programs that can create a log of all valid addresses In a chatroom, all a hacker has to do is right click on your chat ID and get your IP address. A domain registrar can yield a lot of information, including a website’s employee names, phone numbers, fax numbers, physical addresses and IP addr...