http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.html
http://www.thenetworkadministrator.com/2003MostPopularHackingTools.htm
http://www.governmentsecurity.org/articles/HowtobecomeamasterHacker.php http://www.cs.wright.edu/~pmateti/InternetSecurity/Lectures/WirelessHacks/Mateti-WirelessHacks.htm
http://ist.psu.edu/s2/paper/hack-wired-network-may-04.pdf
Here are some sites off tools and teaching material for different techniques in hacking.
Popular hacking techniques that are mentioned where ever I’ve searched are:
•Spoofing (tricking user to visit hackers site and entering some personal data),
•Sniffing (sniffing through network traffic emerging from users computer
obtaining list of passwords and logins),
•Using password-cracking tools (for decrypting encrypted password).
To prevent majority of attacks is always having a recognized antivirus software, consisting of firewalls and antispyware.
Another great idea to further improve you security is to have a router that has a built in firewall, that you can filter access to the internet to you specifications.
I suppose there are advantages and disadvantages to this information being freely available on the internet.
Advantage:
Allows everybody connected to the internet to be aware and to educate themselves about the harmful exposure they are susceptible to. Network Admins use this information to keep up to date, and to prevent attacks before they occur.
Disadvantage:
Due to this information being freely available, it allows anyone to freely learn and use these tools and techniques against whomever they please.
Administrators should constantly monitor hacker sites, so that they are aware of different kinds of attacks and tools used to access and disrupt the networks they are controlling.
