Hacking websites and personal information of the users is one of the favorites among the hackers. Now a days we hear a lot that a girl’s personal information is hacked and the photographs are used to create a porn MMS and so on. Few months back a Canadian Porn company Istra Holdings Inc trading as Slickcash tried 200,000 times to hack the Facebook servers that are situated in California (CA). But thanks to the firewall hackers were unable to hack the user’s personal information in spite of using various IP addresses. Facebook has sued the Canadian porn company. At first the Facebook decided to block the unknown IP addresses, but it did no good to Facebook instead it had to face a loss of excess $5,000, which cannot be repaired at any cost.

Facebook is one of the most popular Social Networking site (SNS) having 34 million people all around the world. Facebook is most secured SNS, which safeguards the user’s information and photographs form getting viewed by unknown people. There are plenty of websites like ConnectSafely.com, WiredSafety.com, WebWiseKids.org and many more that teaches a user safer ways of using social networking sites.

Internet is no longer a safe place. Crimes related to Internet have increased with the increase in the internet users. Hackers are not only hacking the SNS but also the government sites that consist of various encrypted data related to military, navy or air force operation. Recently ICICI Bank site was hacked and a transfer of Rs 1.30 lakh was made. Few months back a diploma holder in computer science, Joseph had a confirmed authentication to 70 accounts in the banks like HDFC, Axis Bank, ICICI and Citi Bank. Joseph had hacked 17 accounts and transferred some Rs 4 lakh. This says that the banks sites are no longer safe.

Today, there are plenty of software’s like Trojan, Black Hat and many more available in the market that could give a hacker complete control of the victim’s computer. Most people don’t even know that their IP addresses are saved on the web browsers.

Yes, whenever we access internet our computer’s IP address get saves in the browser’s cache memory. So next time when we log in the same browser, it recognizes the IP. An ethical hacker would always suggest that we keep on changing our IP. But many a time we don’t know how to do that. So it’s recommended to use a browser that gives you a different IP address whenever you log in www.anonymouse.org is one website that conceals your IP address while browsing the Internet.

So let’s get on to our heels to fight against hacking.

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