Posted avinash 1 april
If we talking about social networking orkut is the widely used social networking website in India and Brazil. Most of users Yahoo and Gmail account is linked with there orkut account and hacking orkut account also give exposure to the users Gmail account and Yahoo account.
For the safety of your Gmail account don’t forget to check my previous post on : Check if your Gmail is hacked or not.
Many users never get to know even there orkut account is hacked or not because they are unaware of the fact even clicking on some link or running a javascript can give access to hackers
The purpose of this post is to safeguard yourself from orkut hacking and the evil methods being performed by Hackers to hack users account
There are many methods of orkut account hacking and we will cover these in various posts. So if you don’t want to miss any of them do subscribe to shoutmeloud feeds and also free SMS updates to get notified when we post.
If you are really p@r@noid about security read the shocking news on Ctrl+c Hacking method.
The basic method which hackers are using is fake orkut pages
The basic method which hackers are using is fake orkut pages
Fake page hacking method is the most easiest method being performed by most of the users. This method requires no technical skill. All you need to know is how to use Internet and simple file upload.
In this trick people create a fake orkut login page similar to Orkut page and they redirect user to this fake login pages using various methods. The hacker use simple form-mailer to get the login information into his account and redirect the users to any orkut profile page or some orkut community.Read about Orkut hacked community fiasco.
If you get messages like :
“ Someone posted your pictures in his/her album click here to see the album”
and once you will click on that link you will be redirected to orkut login page. Once you will enter the login details you will redirect to some orkut profile or community. Victim don’t even realize that he is hacked or his password is now into user database.
“ Someone posted your pictures in his/her album click here to see the album”
and once you will click on that link you will be redirected to orkut login page. Once you will enter the login details you will redirect to some orkut profile or community. Victim don’t even realize that he is hacked or his password is now into user database.
****HOW to avoid getting hacked by orkut fake account hacking method?***********
It’s said by a great man “ precaution is better then cure” and this is applicable here. First of all you should make it a habit of changing your password once in fortnight and don’t forget to use complex password. Also read : How safe is your password?
